Verfasst von:	DiSimplicio, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
	Di Simplicio, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	An anatomy of witchcraft
Titelzusatz:	between cognitive sciences and history
Verf.angabe:	Oscar Di Simplicio and Martina Di Simplicio
Verlagsort:	London ; New York
Verlag:	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Jahr:	2024
Umfang:	xii, 262 Seiten
Format:	24 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Routledge studies in the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic
ISBN:	978-1-032-53933-1
	978-1-032-53934-8
Abstract:	"Much has been written on witchcraft by historians, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists, but nothing by scientists. This book aims to reappraise witchcraft by applying to it the advances in cognitive sciences. The book is divided into four parts. Part One: Deep History deals with human emotions and drives to deepen the phenomenology of evil witchcraft agency and its female feature. Part Two: Historical Times focuses on the natural control of malefice that engendered rare state and church repressions. Surprisingly, Islamic lands remained immune from stakes. Modern urbanizations are considered a blow to the persistence of rural civilizations that embedded witchcraft in their vision. Part Three: In the Laboratory applies neurosciences to specific case studies such as the personalization of misfortune, the millenary stereotype witch=woman, the reality of evil, and the contagious meme of treasure hunts. Part Four: Millennials wonders whether intentional malefic hatred is a closed chapter in the history of humanity. An Anatomy of Witchcraft is ideal reading for students and scholars. Given its interdisciplinary nature, the book will be of interest to scholars from many fields including evolutionary psychology, anthropology, women's history, and cognitive sciences"--
Schlagwörter:	(s)Hexerei    / (s)Hexenverfolgung    / (s)Magie    / (s)Kognitionswissenschaft    / (z)Geschichte
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Di Simplicio, Oscar, 1939-: Anatomy of witchcraft. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
RVK-Notation:	NW 8290
K10plus-PPN:	1874794081