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    Summary of Ronald Hutton's The Witch
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    #1 The four distinguishing features of the European witch stereotype are that they are believed to work primarily on neighbors and kin rather than strangers, they are generally hostile to society, they are not allowed to use legitimate means of pursuing feuds or rivalries, and they must be resisted.

    #2 The five definitive components of the witch figure are the subject of much debate among experts in the European witch trials. However, they do provide a more precise checklist of characteristics than has been used previously.

    #3 The shift within anthropology itself, as the European colonial empires dissolved, was a reaction against the traditional framework of the discipline. It was hostile to the imposition of European terms and concepts on other societies, and it preferred to study particular communities as unique entities.

    #4 The change in anthropology was reflected in the study of witchcraft. The concept of the witch was dissolved into a larger framework of reference, and historians were warned off using ethnographic material.

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    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateJun 13, 2022
    ISBN9798822539945
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      #1

      The four distinguishing features of the European witch stereotype are that they are believed to work primarily on neighbors and kin rather than strangers, they are generally hostile to society, they are not allowed to use legitimate means of pursuing feuds or rivalries, and they must be resisted.

      #2

      The five definitive components of the witch figure are the subject of much debate among experts in the European witch trials. However, they do provide a more precise checklist of characteristics than has been used previously.

      #3

      The shift within anthropology itself, as the European colonial empires dissolved, was a reaction against the traditional framework of the discipline. It was hostile to the imposition of European terms and concepts on other societies, and it preferred to study particular communities as unique entities.

      #4

      The change in anthropology was reflected in the study of witchcraft. The concept of the witch was dissolved into a larger framework of reference, and historians were warned off using ethnographic material.

      #5

      The practice of anthropology was changed in the 1990s, and many began to study the magical practices of non-European peoples using native terms. They still put English terms such as witchcraft and magic into their titles, but they also included cross-cultural comparisons.

      #6

      The return of the comparative method was not welcomed by many Africanists, who were already achieving impressive results as a result of their relationships with other disciplines.

      #7

      The witch figure has been studied in a total of 300 extra-European societies between 1890 and 2013. The predominance of Africa in the sample reflects the amount of work done there by anthropologists.

      #8

      The majority of recorded human societies have believed in, and feared, the ability of some individuals to cause misfortune and injury to others by non-physical means. This has been the single most striking lesson of anthropological fieldwork and the writing of extra-European history.

      #9

      There are many societies that do not believe in witchcraft, or do not believe that it should be taken seriously. These societies are rarely found in compact concentrations, but scattered between peoples who fear witches intensely.

      #10

      The intensity with which people fear witchcraft varies greatly, even within the same region or state. In some societies, like the Banyang, the Bamileke, and the Bakweri in Cameroon, people fear witches intensely.

      #11

      The Wimbum of north-west Cameroon used three terms for occult knowledge: bfiu, the harmless employment of arcane powers for self-protection; brii, occult power malevolently used, but sometimes simply as a prank; and tfu, an inborn magical force.

      #12

      There is evidence that some extra-European societies have had a more intense fear of witchcraft than any European society has ever had. However, not all static and deeply rooted agrarian societies have believed in witches, and not all of those that have done have feared them deeply.

      #13

      The Dutch anthropologist Niek Koning developed a general theory of witchcraft beliefs that covered every time and place, uniting history and anthropology in a way that was recommended by others in his field since the 1990s. However, his determinism fails to take into account many exceptions to his rules.

      #14

      The witch is a worldwide figure that varies from place to place. The witch is viewed as female in some societies, male in others, and both male and female in others. The social status and wealth of accusers and accused also varies from place to place.

      #15

      The belief in witchcraft is not universal, but it is prevalent in many parts of the world. It is especially prevalent in the Amazon basin, Siberia, and Australia and Melanesia. It is believed that witchcraft attacks neighbors or kin, and it is not imagined

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