 For this reason, academics like Michael D. Bailey suggest abandon the term altogether as an academic category.During the twentieth century, many scholars focusing on Asian and African societies rejected the term magic, as well as related concepts like "witchcraft", in favour of the more precise terms and concepts that existed within these specific societies.A similar approach has been taken by many scholars studying pre-modern societies in Europe, such as Classical antiquity, who find the modern concept of magic inappropriate and favour more specific terms originating within the framework of the ancient cultures which they are studying.