Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease

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  • Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease Book Detail

  • Author : Homayun Sidky
  • Release Date : 2010-04-01
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 344
  • ISBN 13 : 1725228254
  • File Size : 16,16 MB
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Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease by Homayun Sidky PDF Summary

Book Description: 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 explanation 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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