{"product_id":"the-bureaucrat-and-the-witch-vincenzo-pinto-9798296413437","title":"The Bureaucrat and the Witch (Matthew Hopkins and the Salem Trials: Power, Hysteria, and the Machinery of Accusation","description":"How did suspicion evolve from whispered fears into an unstoppable machine of accusation? This volume reveals the dark fusion of bureaucratic logic and mass hysteria that fueled some of history's most notorious witch hunts-those led by Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General of 17th-century England, and the infamous Salem trials in colonial America.\u003cbr\u003eThrough meticulous analysis of court records, confessions, and social dynamics, the book exposes how administrative procedures, legal frameworks, and public panic intertwined to transform private anxieties into instruments of persecution. It uncovers the rituals of accusation and confession, the construction of enemies, and the social mechanisms that sustained collective violence.\u003cbr\u003eMore than a history of witch-hunting, this work is a powerful meditation on the ways institutions wield suspicion to consolidate power, manufacture consent, and manage crisis. It challenges us to recognize the enduring legacies of this machinery in today's surveillance states, social media witch-hunts, and political purges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bureaucrat and the Witch\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital contribution to understanding the past-and a warning for the present-on how fear and bureaucracy can conspire to undermine justice and humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincenzo Pinto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296413437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Vincenzo Pinto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997074075903,"sku":"9798296413437","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bureaucrat-and-the-witch-vincenzo-pinto-9798296413437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}