The Enemy Within : A Short History of Witch-Hunting /
"Long before Arthur Miller likened McCarthyism to the Salem witch trials, and long before those trials themselves, women and men were targeted by suspicious neighbors, accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means, scrutinized by magistrates, ministers, and jurymen, and summarily...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
2009, ©2008.
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| Summary: | "Long before Arthur Miller likened McCarthyism to the Salem witch trials, and long before those trials themselves, women and men were targeted by suspicious neighbors, accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means, scrutinized by magistrates, ministers, and jurymen, and summarily executed. The Enemy Within chronicles the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world and shows how for two millennia the fear of witchcraft has fueled recurrent cycles of accusation, persecution, and purging. With the vision of a historian and the voice of a novelist, prize-winning author John Demos explores the far-reaching social, cultural, and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting, and reveals the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of perceived evil, no matter what the human cost." -- |
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| Item Description: | Previously published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin ... 2008 : under title: The enemy within : 2,000 years of witch-hunting in the Western world. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 318 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780143116332 0143116339 9780670019991 0670019992 |