While "freedom" from magic is certainly invoked as a constitutive element of modern modes of subjectivity, this freedom is purchased only at the price of potent new forms of social control and regimenta

Randall Styers
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This quote from the introduction of The Sorcerer's Apprentices shows a crucial point of difference between magi and moderns. Moderns have a great deal of freedom, but also a great deal of social control. In other words, being a modern is about being free from certain forms of magic, but it is not about being free from the structures that produce those forms.

Source: Making Magic: Religion, Magic, And Science In The Modern World

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