The Superstitious Mind
| Author | : Judith Devlin |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780300037104 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0300037104 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Superstitious Mind by : Judith Devlin
Download or read book The Superstitious Mind written by Judith Devlin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing book examines popular religion, traditional medicine, witchcraft, apparitions, demonology, and magic in nineteenth-century rural France. Devlin demonstrates that many of the impulses and mental processes now considered superstitious constituted a wholly reasonable response to the pressures of a harsh and impoverished life. Far from the product of a primitive mentality, many of these beliefs have survived in modern culture and can even illuminate the nature of modern mass politics.
