TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sidky,Homayun
AU  - Sidky, Homayun
TI  - Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease: An Anthropological Study of the European Witch-Hunts- Second Printing
SN  - 9780820433547
PY  - 1997///
PB  - Peter Lang
N2  - 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
UR  - https://international.scholarvox.com/netsen/book/88843843
ER  -