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Item Details
| Title:
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ENEMY WITHIN
A SHORT HISTORY OF WITCH-HUNTING |
| By: |
John Demos |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0143116339 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780143116332 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 September, 2009 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Explores the social, cultural and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting. This title chronicles some of the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world - women and men who were targeted by suspicious neighbours and accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means. |
| Synopsis: |
With the vision of an 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 neighbours 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 illuminates the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of perceived evil, no matter what the human cost. |
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