Hello all,

As I'm teaching Modern this semester, I'm wondering if any list-members are aware of research done that draws connections between the ideologies (and practices) around witch-hunting and the burning times and the development of epistemology/metaphysics--in relation to modern science? I'm sure that at least historical research has been done regarding the period-and welcome suggestions, but wonder if there are any feminist philosophers out there who might have some insights. 

Has anyone shown, for example, the stunning 194- something film, Carl Dreyer's Day of Wrath in a philosophy class? The film focuses mostly on gender relations within the modern period, and the horror (to chilling effect) of the Church inquisitors in a small Danish village. The film is quite progressive- and by far the feminist film in comparison to Miller's basically woman-blaming, female-sexuality-hating The Crucible (yes, Miller precisely reproduces the witch-hating ideology for using witch-hunting as an analogy  for McCarthyism! --which begs a comparison with the older far more masterful film. I'm not sure how to pull out any clear connections for my very naive in all manners of the word, first time philosophy students but if you have ideas, that would be grand too. 

thanks in advance,
Kathy Miriam
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