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REVIEWS HORTON, Robin, Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West: Essays on Magic, Religion and Science, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, xi, 471 pp., US$59.95, 0 521 36087 0. Robin Horton's collection of essays offers something to offend every- one. Highly iconoclastic, and frequently idiosyncratic, some thirty years of Professor Horton's thinking on thought in 'Africa' and 'the West' is presented in a comprehensive fashion. Readers of these papers may find themselves occasionally railing against Horton's perspective (par- ticularly his own critics, whom he rails against), but often rewarded with some trenchant observations about the pitfalls of much anthro- pological theorizing on religion in Africa and elsewhere. Patterns of 1hought in Africa and the West offers nine major theoretical essays written between 1960 and 1987, plus an Introduction and Post- script to the collection. Eight of the papers were published previously; the ninth is an expanded version of the 1987 Frazer Lecture. The col- lection is divided into two principal sections, whose pithy titles 'Mainly Critical' and 'Mainly Constructive,' ably capture their content and (espe- cially) their tone. The chronological scope of this volume allows the reader to appreciate the development of Professor Horton's approach to the
Journal of Religion in Africa – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996
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