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Exorcism and Enlightenment
In the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779) discovered that he had extraordinary powers of exorcism. Deciding that demons were responsible for most human ailments, he healed thousands, rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic. In this book H.C. Erik Midelfort delves deeply into records of the time to explore Gassner's remarkable exorcising campaign, chronicle the official efforts to curb him, and reconstruct the sufferings of the afflicted. Gassner's activities triggered a Catholic religious revival as well as a noisy skeptical reaction. In response to those who doubted that he was really casting out demons, Gassner marshaled hundreds of eyewitness reports that seemed to prove his exorcisms really worked. Midelfort describes the enormous public controversy that resulted, and he demonstrates that the Gassner episode yields important insights into the German Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, the limitations of eighteenth-century debate, and the ongoing role of magic and belief in an age of scientific enlightenment.
Die Gouvernementalisierung der Natur
Zur Zeit der Aufklärung veränderten sich nicht nur Herrschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation. Auch der Umgang mit Natur und insbesondere mit Naturgefahren unterlag einem Wandel, an dessen Ende sich das moderne Naturgefahrenmanagement herausbildete, das unseren Umgang mit drohenden und eintretenden Naturkatastrophen bis heute bestimmt. Das Buch verfolgt am Beispiel des Kurfürstentums Bayern im 18. Jahrhundert diese Entwicklung anhand der Naturkatastrophentypen Unwetter und Hochwasser nach. In der Untersuchung von Deutungen zeitgenössischer Naturkatastrophen und Praktiken des Umgangs mit ihnen legt es einen Diskurs zu Naturkatastrophen offen, der von Akteuren aus Herrschaft und Wissenschaft und ihren Sichtweisen der Naturkatastrophen dominiert wird. Peter Reinkemeier zeigt die Entwicklungslinie bis zum heutigen technologischen Naturgefahrenmanagement auf und trägt damit zu einem historischen kritischen Hinterfragen unseres Umgangs mit Natur und Naturgefahren bei.
The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology
Once considered the largest and most extensive source of biographies in the English language, The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology contains information on nearly every historical figure, notable name, and important subject of mythology from throughout the world prior to the 20th century. Spanning all fields of human effort-from literature and the arts to philosophy and science-and touching on topics from multiple areas of mythological study, including Norse, Greek, and Roman, this extraordinary reference guide continues to be one of the most thorough and accurate collections of biographical data ever created. Combining mythological and biographical entries into a single, compr...
