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Pouvoir des mots, effet des sorts : quelques réflexions sur l’entrée en action sorcellaire

Sociologies, 2014
The mode of action of witchcraft, so well described by the ethnologist Jeanne Favret-Saada, is based upon the power of enunciation and its performative efficiency.
Laurence Kaufmann
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The Asuri-Kalpa; A Witchcraft Practice of the Atharva-Veda [PDF]

, 1889
H. W. Magoun
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Le débat juridique et religieux sur la sorcellerie en Libye

L’Année du Maghreb
This article examines the criminalization of witchcraft in Libya, an act prohibited by Islamic law but long unregulated specifically by Libyan legislation. Until recently, witchcraft was treated as a fraud offense under Article 461 of the 1954 Penal Code.
Mazek Ayoub
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Economic Origins of Witch Hunting

Studies in Business and Economics, 2018
A number of events taking place in the twenty-first century such as mass arrests of members of the Iran President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad's executive office accused of witchcraft make one doubt that witch hunt trials remained in the far Middle Ages.
Shmakov Aleksandr, Petrov Sergey
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Las referencias a la literatura clásica en la tratadística de los siglos XV-XVII como evidencia del carácter «literario» de la brujería: primera aproximación

Atalaya, 2016
This article offers a first approach to Classical literature as one of the strata underlying the development of European witchcraft. This is done from the point of view of how references made to these women in some treaties from the 15th to 17th ...
Eva Lara Alberola
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The Last Word: The Prattling, Tattling Parrots of Popular Lore

The Journal of Popular Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Garrulous parrots appear in a wide array of pop culture forms—from urban legends, television sitcoms, and advertising, to comics, pulp detective fiction, and jokes (naming a few). The birds can be helpful, clever agents; but more often they are mischief makers challenging social norms. Among the pandemonium of parrots in expressive culture, we
Greg Kelley
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Kant's Legacy When It Matters: On Karl Ameriks' Kantian Dignity and Its Difficulties

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Wolfgang Ertl
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Hypnotism, Mesmerism and the New Witchcraft. [PDF]

, 1893
Ernest Abraham Hart
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Intellectual property at a crossroads: The knowledge and resources of indigenous peoples and local communities

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract On 24 May 2024, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge. While lauded as a victory for Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC), in this article we critique both the Treaty and its deficiencies, as well ...
Jessica C. Lai, Evana Wright, Jordana R. Goodman   +2 more
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MEDICINE AND WITCHCRAFT IN THE DAYS OF SIR THOMAS BROWNE [PDF]

, 1905
J. Knott
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