Tag: Salem Witch trials
Politics based on grievance has a long and violent history in America
Peter C. Mancall, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Recently, President Donald Trump declared that he is...
How do you spot a witch? This notorious 15th-century book gave...
Melissa Chim, General Theological Seminary
Books have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers –...
Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting...
Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts Lowell
“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations...
Market bubbles and sonic attacks: Mass hysterias will never go away
Barry Markovsky, University of South Carolina
Ancient and quaint seem the days of witch crazes, demon scares and tulip manias. Instances of mass hysteria may...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
