Culture Warrior: A Response to Michael Ostling's Review Essay on The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe

被引：1

作者：

Bever, Edward ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SUNY Coll Old Westbury, Hist, Old Westbury, NY 11568 USA

来源：

PRETERNATURE-CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDIES ON THE PRETERNATURAL | 2016年 / 5卷 / 01期

关键词：

Bever; realities; witchcraft; magic; Ostling;

D O I：

10.5325/preternature.5.1.0112

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

In this note, the author of The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe responds to Michael Ostling's critique of the book in his review essay "Secondary Elaborations: Realities and the Rationalization of Witchcraft" (Preternature 4, no. 2 (2015]: 203-10). Since Ostling presents the problems he sees with the book as consequences of motives he attributes to the author, this note first assesses these attributions, then analyzes a sample of criticisms of specific passages. Finally, this note presents a major point of the book that Ostling's review overlooks, and relates that point to the problems identified in his attribution of motives, evaluation of issues, and appreciation of the methodology the book employs.

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页码：112 / 120

页数：9