Languages of Witchcraft

Narrative, Ideology and Meaning in Early Modern Culture

Nonfiction, History, European General, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: ISBN: 9781137232519
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication: November 16, 2000
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781137232519
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication: November 16, 2000
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English
Different conceptions of the world and of reality have made witchcraft possible in some societies and impossible in others. How did the people of early modern Europe experience it and what was its place in their culture? The new essays in this collection illustrate the latest trends in witchcraft research and in cultural history in general. After three decades in which the social analysis of witchcraft accusations has dominated the subject, they turn instead to its significance and meaning as a cultural phenomenon - to the 'languages' of witchcraft, rather than its causes. As a result, witchcraft seems less startling than it once was, yet more revealing of the world in which it occurred.
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Different conceptions of the world and of reality have made witchcraft possible in some societies and impossible in others. How did the people of early modern Europe experience it and what was its place in their culture? The new essays in this collection illustrate the latest trends in witchcraft research and in cultural history in general. After three decades in which the social analysis of witchcraft accusations has dominated the subject, they turn instead to its significance and meaning as a cultural phenomenon - to the 'languages' of witchcraft, rather than its causes. As a result, witchcraft seems less startling than it once was, yet more revealing of the world in which it occurred.

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