{"product_id":"an-anatomy-of-witchcraft-9781032539348","title":"An Anatomy of Witchcraft","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into four parts. Part I (Deep History) deals with human emotions and the drive to represent witches as evil female agents. Part II (Historical Times) focuses on those rare state and church repressions of malefice, which, surprisingly, did not feature in Islamic lands. Modern urbanization dealt a blow to the rural civilizations where accusations of witchcraft were rife. Part III (In the Laboratory) applies neuroscience to specific case studies to investigate the personification of misfortune, the millenary stereotype witch = woman, the reality of evil, and the phenomenon of treasure hunting. Part IV (Millenials) wonders whether intentional malefic hatred in a closed chapter in the history of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Anatomy of Witchcraft \u003c\/em\u003ei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Deep History \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction to Part One. 1. Towards \u003ci\u003eHomo Sapiens \u003c\/i\u003e2. Reciprocal Altruism 3. Prehistoric Women 4. Primary Emotions: Fear and Anger 5. Social Emotions: Empathy-Shame-Envy 6. Drives: \u003ci\u003eEros\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Drives: Seeking 8. Evolved and Abandoned: A Standstill Psychology? 9. Looking for Witchcraft 10. Defining Evil Witchcraft 11. Redefining Evil Witchcraft \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Historical Times \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction to Part Two. 12. Visions of the World 13. Witchcraft and Power 14. A Long Walk: Towards a Magic-Religion Dichotomy 15. Greece and Rome: The Complementarity Between Magic and Religion 16. Greece and Rome: The Ambiguous State Control of Witchcraft 17. Christian Transformations: The Nuclear Fallout 18. Early-Modern Witch-Hunting: A Cognitive Puzzle? 19. The Disenchantment of the World 20. The Other Monotheisms: Jewish and Islamic \u003cb\u003ePart 3: In the Laboratory \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction to Part Three. 21. Case Study 1: The Personalization of Damage 22. Case Study 2: Ambiguities of Malefice: The Evil Eye 23. Case Study 3: The Reality of Malefice 24. Case Study 4: The Stereotype: Witch=Woman 25. Case Study 5: An Envious and Factional Community 26. Case Study 6: Anatomy of Witchcraft 27. Case Study 7: Treasure Hunting or the Simulator Brain\u003cb\u003e Part 4: Millennials \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction to Part Four. 28. A Look from the Above. Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019108942167,"sku":"9781032539348","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032539348.jpg?v=1750779330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-anatomy-of-witchcraft-9781032539348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}