...rapid survey leads us to an important generalization which will serve as a convenient starting-point. We find magic wherever the elements of chance and accident, and the emotional jday between hope and fear have a wide and extensive range. We do not find magic wherever the pursuit...

...in boating, fishing in the dangerous and uncertain open sea— all fostered the practice of magic. "We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...between hope and fear have a wide and extensive range," Malinowski concluded. "We do not find magic wherever the pursuit is certain, reliable, and well under...

...danger and unpredictability of fishing as a livelihood. As Malinowski observed (Gmelch, 1971: 39): We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...range. We do not find magic wherever the pursuit is reliable, and well under the control of rational methods. Historically, commercial fishing incorporated...

...demonstrate the value of a broadened conception of social science. n BASEBALL MAGIC _____ George J. Gmelch We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods (Bronislaw Malinowski). Professional baseball is a nearly perfect arena in which to test Malinowski...

...safe trip and good results. He summarized the relationship between magic and uncertainty as follows: We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods and technological processes. Further, we find magic where the element of danger is conspicuous.u For...

...and to intensify their search for supernatural aid and solutions. Bronislaw Malinowski observes that "we find magic wherever the elements of chance and...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods and technological processes. Further, we find magic where the element of danger is conspicuous" (1954,...

...numerous and well known to require listing here — -j ^7 BASEBALL MAGIC Chapter J_ / George J. Gmelch We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods (Bronislaw Malinowski). Professional baseball is a nearly perfect arena in which to test Malinowski's...

...danger and high uncertainty. "We find magic wherever the elements of chance and accident," he wrote, "and the emotional play between hope and fear have...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods and technological processes" (Malinowski, Magic, Science, and Religion, pp. 139-40). Magic is not,...

...rapid survey leads us to an important generalization which will serve as a convenient starting-point. We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods and technological processes. Further, we find magic where the element of danger is conspicuous. We...

...Cassirer does not quote verbatim, he is undoubtedly alluding to the passage in which Malinowski states: We find magic wherever the elements of chance and...reliable, and well under the control of rational methods and technological processes. Further, we find magic where the element of danger is conspicuous. (1974:...