Tuesday, February 06, 2007

The Other Reason To Burn Witches


Anthropologists have observed that in societies that lack formal political processes, sorcery accusations are often an indication of other social and economic tensions and conflicts. They have analyzed the killing of accused sorcerers as a form of control through which antisocial people are eliminated and social cohesion is reinforced.




Witchcraft

at HighBeam Encyclopedia











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