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Chris Gosden


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Chris Gosden is a Professorial Fellow in European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. He teaches students in the Archaeology and Anthropology degree. He is also an author of several books on human links with the material world, the long term history of creativity, intelligence, the emotions, and aesthetics; the archaeology of colonisation in the recent past, as well as in older periods such as the setting up of the Roman empire;late Prehistoric periods in Europe from the late Bronze Age to AD 400. Celtic art and other aspects of material culture;issues of identity, especially what it means to be English;the history of museums, their collections, archaeology and anthropology as disciplines.

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The History of Magic: From ...

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Prehistory: A Very Short In...

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Archaeology and Colonialism...

4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Anthropology and Archaeolog...

3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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Social Being and Time

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Knowing Things: Exploring t...

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The Prehistory of Food: App...

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Celtic Art in Europe: Makin...

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The History of Magic

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English Landscapes and Iden...

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“Magic combines what Western thought has often separated as the physical and the psychological or emotional realms.”
Chris Gosden, Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

“My definition of magic emphasizes human connections with the universe, so that people are open to the workings of the universe and the universe is responsive to us.”
Chris Gosden, Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

“Magic combines what Western thought has often separated as the physical and the psychological or emotional realms. Magic comes in a great range of forms of participation, which it is helpful to break down further. Three forms of participation can be distinguished: transcendence, transformation and transactions.”
Chris Gosden, Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present



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