David Nash

Witches and Witchcraft

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Witchcraft haunts the Western imagination to this day, from Central Europe to Britain to North America. This book explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it (stressing the difference between the two), the sixteenthand seventeenth-century obsession that spawned witch-hunting, the eventual decline of witchcraft, and the phenomenon's fascinating 'afterlife' that has involved the Nazis' fixation and modern treatments including Arthur Miller's acclaimed The Crucible. Fully illustrated with historical documents and colour photographs, and expertly written by Professor David Nash, this book is the perfect introduction to a subject that is compelling, disturbing and a little-understood cultural touchstone.
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108 printed pages
Publication year
2014
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  • maleñohas quoted3 years ago
    . The witch is alone, devoid of other human company, emphasising at an early stage that she is a marginalised individual who

    . La bruja está sola, desprovista de otra compañía humana, lo que subraya desde el principio que es un individuo marginado que

  • maleñohas quoted3 years ago
    The hunting and punishment of witches was very often a form of scapegoating – individuals blamed for the misfortunes of other individuals or of whole communities. We have our modern counterparts in the outbreaks of hatred towards bankers, foreigners and sex criminals and what they are believed to have done.

    La caza y el castigo de las brujas era a menudo una forma de chivo expiatorio: se culpaba a los individuos de las desgracias de otros individuos o de comunidades enteras. Los brotes de odio hacia los banqueros, los extranjeros y los delincuentes sexuales, y lo que se cree que han hecho, tienen su contrapartida en la actualidad.

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