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Witch Hunts
Robert Rapley
其他書名
From Salem to Guantanamo Bay
出版McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2007-02-09
主題Body, Mind & Spirit / WitchcraftPolitical Science / Civil RightsPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / Terrorism
ISBN07735772039780773577206
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BS42QVsL0ssC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Witch hunts are the products of intense fear and paranoia and the results are often terrible. The accused in three famous witchcraft cases - in Bamberg and Wurzburg, Germany, in Loudun, France, and in Salem, Massachusetts - were assumed to be guilty without proof. Secret accusations were accepted, evidence was falsified, and extreme pressures, including torture, were used. Arguing that fear was, and still is, a prerequisite to any witch hunt, Robert Rapley shows that the current hunt for terrorists mirrors the witch crazes of the past.