The Enemy Within: A Short History of Witch-hunting - Brossura

Demos, John

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ISBN 10: 0143116339 ISBN 13: 9780143116332

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2009

Riassunto

With the vision of a historian and the voice of a novelist, prize?winning author John Demos explores the social, cultural, and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting, both in the remote past and today. The Enemy Within chronicles the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world?women and men who were targeted by suspicious neighbors and accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means?and shows how the fear of witchcraft has fueled recurrent cycles of accusation, persecution, and purging. A unique and fascinating book, it illumines the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of perceived evil, no matter what the human cost.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of several histories of early America, including Entertaining Satan, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History, and The Unredeemed Captive, which received the Francis Parkman and Ray Allen Billington prizes in American history and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He lives in Tyringham, Massachusetts.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0143116339
• ISBN 13: 9780143116332
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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