Hutterite belief in evil eye: beyond paranoia and towards a general theory of invidia

Most studies of 'evil eye' link economic and political inequality to the fear of appropriation of property while tying envy (invidia) to paranoia. In both psychiatric and anthropological studies of evil eye, explanation of the phenomenon is problematic because the data are retroductive - i...

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Published in:Culture, medicine and psychiatry medicine and psychiatry, 1979-09, Vol.3 (3), p.247-265
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