Emotions in the History of Witchcraft edited by Laura Kounine and Michael Ostling (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) Hardcover

Laura Kounine and Michael Ostling. Emotions in the History of Witchcraft, Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Hardcover edition. 321 pages.  Condition: Fine Description from the publisher: Bringing together leading historians, anthropologists, and religionists, this volume examines the unbridled passions of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present. Witchcraft is an intensely emotional crime, rooted in the belief that envy and spite can cause illness or even death. Witch-trials in turn are emotionally driven by the grief of alleged victims and by the fears of magistrates and demonologists.  With examples ranging from Russia to New England, Germany to Cameroon, chapters cover the representation of emotional witches in demonology and art; the gendering of witchcraft as female envy or male rage; witchcraft as a form of bullying and witchcraft accusation as a form of therapy; love magic and demon-lovers; and the affective memorialization of