Michael Muhammad Knight

North Carolina · connectedBorn 1977

American novelist

Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

journalist, novelist, writer, Islamicist, author

In the libraries

Open Library Blue-eyed devil · 2006 View library record ↗ Open Library Jane · 2005 View library record ↗ Open Library Journey to the end of Islam · 2009 View library record ↗ Open Library Osama Van Halen · 2008 View library record ↗ Open Library The Taqwacores · 2005 View library record ↗ Open Library Who Is Muhammad? · 2023 View library record ↗

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Magic makes for a slippery concept. Like "gender," "race," or any other term that can be picked apart as a social construction—which of course means all of our terms, every attempt at producing order through language and classification—the word "magic" does not simply express a straightforward, self-evident reality, but rather creative reimagining on the part of everyone who uses it. Magic's meaning is continually shaped and reshaped by changes in our knowledge, values, and prejudices. Scholars writing about magic today, when confronted with the matter of definitions, often chose to simply admit the incoherence and uselessness of the topic and then move forward with their projects.