Anatomy Of Witchcraft

An Anatomy of WitchcraftBetween Cognitive Sciences and History\nAuthor(s): Oscar Di Simplicio, Martina Di Simplicio\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032539348, 978-1032539348\nSynopsis\nMuch 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.\n\nThe 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.