Performing the EU Referendum: A View from Afar

This editorial makes use of the EU Referendum to discuss the presence of magic in contemporary societies. It analysis magic in terms of magicians, magical representations, and magical rites – as originally expounded by Malinowski and Mauss – and argues that magic is to be found not only in political activities, but also in the worlds of finance, medicine, law, media, and various forms of cultural production.