On the shelf
Wayward Puritans
by Kai T. Erikson
1 episode · 1 guest · last mentioned 2 Jan 2025
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Who brought it up
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Anna Lembke in the episode with Anna Lembke
About the book
A sociological study of deviance in seventeenth-century New England, using historical episodes such as the Salem witch trials to explore how communities define and respond to rule-breaking. It argues that deviance can serve to clarify and reinforce social boundaries.
