Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs, and Disease: An Anthropological Study of the European Witch-hunts, Том 11;Том 70Peter Lang, 1997 - Всего страниц: 330 Long before the political mass-murders witnessed in the present century, western Europe experienced another kind of holocaust - the witch-hunts of the early modern period. Condemned of flying through the air, changing into animals, and worshipping the Devil, over a hundred thousand people were brutally tortured, systematically maimed and burned alive. Why did these persecutions take place? Was it superstition, irrationality, or mass delusion that led to the witch-hunts? This study seeks explanations in the tangible actions of human actors and their worldly circumstances. The approach taken is anthropological; inferences are grounded on a wide spectrum of variables, ranging from the political and ideological practices used to mystify earthly affairs, to the logical structure of witch-beliefs, torture technology, and the role of psychotropic drugs and epidemic diseases. |
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Fact or Fantasy? | 51 |
Prelude to the WitchPersecutions | 77 |
Ideology of Terror | 101 |
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