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Enemy within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World

Enemy within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World


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The term "witch-hunt" is used today to describe everything from political scandals to school board shake-ups. But its origins are far from trivial. Long before the Salem witch trials, women and men were rounded up by neighbours, accused of committing horrific crimes using supernatural powers, scrutinised by priests and juries and promptly executed. The belief in witchcraft - and the deep fear of evil it instilled in communities - led to a cycle of accusation, anger, and purging that has occurred repeatedly in the West for centuries. Award-winning historian, John Demos, puts this cultural paranoia in context. He takes readers from the early Christians persecuted in Rome through the Salem witch trials, McCarthy's hunt for communists and the hysteria around child sex-abuse cases and satanic cults in the 1980s. An original and fascinating look at the cultural, social and psychological practice of witch-hunts, THE ENEMY WITHIN illuminates the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of "evil," no matter what the cost.

About the Author :
John Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of several histories of early America, including "Entertaining Satan," which was awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History, and The "Unredeemed Captive," which received the Francis Parkman and Ray Allen Billington prizes in American history and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He lives in Tyringham, Massachusetts.

Review :
"No scholar has done more to illuminate the terrifying psychology of witchcraft in Western culture than John Demos. "The Enemy Within" is a masterful synthesis of this phenomenon, stretching over 2000 years, from its origins in Europe through the Salem witch trials, the Red-hunting campaigns of Senator Joe McCarthy, and the modern-day hysteria surrounding Satanic cults and sensational child abuse charges. An elegant writer, a brilliant historical investigator, Demos is the perfect guide for this rich and fascinating journey." --David Oshinsky, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History for "Polio: An American Story" and author of "A Conspiracy so Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy" ?Only John Demos could write this book! In succinct and well-written chapters, Demos introduces readers to the ways in which anger and fear have caused western societies to turn inward in panics we now call witch-hunts. "The Enemy Within," simultaneously sweeping and specific, broadens Demos'sl


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780670019991
  • Publisher: Viking
  • Publisher Imprint: VIKING
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0670019992
  • Publisher Date: 10 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World
  • Width: 152 mm


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