Douglas Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-03297-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New Guinea.
Contributors include: Mary Douglas, Norman Cohn, Peter Brown, Keith Thomas, Alan Macfarlane, Alison Redmayne, R.G. Willis, Edwin Ardener, Robert Brain, Julian Pitt-Rivers, Esther Goody, Peter Rivière, Anthony Forge, Godfrey Lienhardt, I.M. Lewis, Brian Spooner, G.I. Jones, Malcolm Ruel and T.O. Beidelman.
First published in 1970.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Douglas, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mary Douglas Introduction: Thirty Years after Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic

Part 1: The Context of Witchcraft in Europe

1. Norman Cohn The Myth of Satan and his Human Servants

2. Peter Brown Sorcery, Demons, and the Rise of Christianity from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages

3. Keith Thomas The Relevance of Social Anthropology to the Historical Study of English Witchcraft

4. Alan Macfarlane Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Essex

Part 2: Cleansing and Confession of Witches

5. Alison Redmayne Chikanga: An African Diviner with an International Reputation

6. R.G. WillisInstant Millennium: The Sociology of African Witch-cleansing Cults

7. Edwin Ardener Witchcraft, Economics, and the Continuity of Belief

8. Robert Brain Child-witches

Part 3: Idioms of Power

9. Julian Pitt-Rivers Spiritual Power in Central America: The Naguals of Chiapas

10. Esther Goody Legitimate and Illegitimate Aggression in a West African State

11. Peter Riviere Factions and Exclusions in Two South American Village Systems

12. Anthony Forge Prestige, Influence,a nd Sorcerty: A New Guinea Example

Part 4: Alternative Interpretations of Misfortune

13. Godrey Lienhardt The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy

14. I.M. Lewis A Structural Approach to Witchcraft and Spirit-possession

15. Brian Spooner The Evil Eye in the Middle East

16. G.I. Jones A Boundary to Accusations

17. Malcolm Ruel Were-animals and the Introverted Witch

18. T.O. Beidelman Towards More Open Theoretical Interpretations