SOC227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, Apotropaic Magic, Opiate
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Topic: the demonic perspective on crime and deviance e. g. , the case of the brookfield demons e. g. , abigail dartana patricide case e. g. , marilyn manson. *e. g. , frederick wertham (1954) seduction of the innocent; u. s. senate committee (estes. Breakthrough into secular/naturalistic explanations (15th-19th centuries) (i) forces of secularization (ii) spread of economic rationality (iii) 18th century enlightenment (iv) modern sciences/technology. Trial by ordeal - reading of supernatural signs. Trial by battle - justice of god mirrored in natural events. D e. g. , diagnosing the devil: salem witch trials of 1692. Types of evidence: trial by clever test, testimony of those who attributed their bad fortunes to demonic activities of accused, physical marks of the devil, confessions of guilt, spectral evidence. Strategy of control: religious administered ritual of public punishment. *purge body of sinner of traces of the devil. * restore body of community as a whole to its proper relationship to god.
