title: Research into witchcraft in psychoanalysis and history.
abstract: Witchcraft and witch-hunting have been a topic for numerous historical and psychoanalytical research projects. But until now, most of these projects have remained rather isolated from one from the other, each in their own context. In this article I shall attempt to set up a dialogue between psychoanalysis and history by way of the example of research into witchcraft. However, I make no claim to covering the different psychoanalytical and historical approaches in full. As a historical 'layman', my interest lies in picking out some of the approaches that seem to me particularly well suited to contribute to reciprocal enhancement.
authors.affiliation: University of Kassel.
authors.forename: Alf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerlach
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000266:history; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000266:history; D018599:Witchcraft / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology