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Ancient Kemetic Roots of Library

By Itibari M. Zulu

Abstract: Contrary to traditional library history taught in American schools of library and information science, the library, as an institution, and librarianship, as a profession, have their roots in ancient African society. Thus Africa, in addition to being the birthplace of the modern human species, is also the birthplace of librarianship. . . . → Read More: Ancient Kemetic Roots of Librarianship

The Anthropology of Magic, by Susan Greenwood

Reviewed by Phil Hine

Anthropological models of magic have been as important for practitioners as they have been for scholars – as can be seen by the influence of early theorists such as Tylor, James Frazer or Eliade in shaping practitioner’s own understandings of magic. In this book, practitioner-ethnographer Susan Greenwood reviews and critiques dominant . . . → Read More: The Anthropology of Magic, by Susan Greenwood

Studien zum hellenistischen Herrscherkult

Verdichtung und Erweiterung von Traditionsgeflechten

Reviewed by Peter Van Nuffelen

This volume is the result of a seminar held in Bochum in the context of a research project on the history of religion in Asia and Europe. If the brief introduction (7-10) pays lip service to this wider framework and asks a few questions about . . . → Read More: Studien zum hellenistischen Herrscherkult