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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783812503321

Autore

Roper Lyndal

Titolo

Oedipus and the devil : witchcraft, sexuality and religion in early modern Europe / / Lyndal Roper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-84549-9

1-134-84550-2

0-415-08894-1

1-280-07388-8

0-203-42629-0

Descrizione fisica

vii, 258 p

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sex role - Europe - History

Witchcraft - Europe - History

Popular culture - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1994 by Routledge."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. -- pt. II. -- pt. III.

Sommario/riassunto

This text argues that sexual difference has its own psychological and physiological reality, which must affect the way we write history. These essays deal with the nature of masculinity and femininity, the importance of the irrational and unconscious in history, the cultural impact of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, and the central role of magic and witchcraft in the psychic and emotional world of the early modern period. It aims to define a different route towards understanding the body, and its relationship to culture and subjectivity.