This book offers a philosophical and historical genealogy of persecution focused on two significant events: the witch-hunt that took place during the Renaissance and the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. It shows how hatred manifests itself in persecution and terror apparatuses.

Introduction: A Forgotten Massacre | 1
1. "All Women Are Witches" | 27
2. A Death Mark | 75
3. Confessing the Truth | 88
4. The Capital Enemy | 106
5. The World Upside Down: Contribution to a Phenomenology of Multitudes | 144
6. Behind the Devil's Mask | 164
7. Worse Than Death | 189
8. A Stranger among Us | 217
Conclusion: "The Truth Will Set You Free" | 245
Afterword, by Carlo Ginzburg | 251
A Response to Carlo Ginzburg | 255
Continuing Our Dialogue | 259
In Memoriam: Index of Witch Hunt Victims | 261
Yizkor | 263
Notes | 265

Carlo Ginzburg (Afterword By)
Carlo Ginzburg is Professor Emeritus of History at UCLA. His books include The Cheese and the Worms and, most recently, The Soul of Brutes.
Jacob Rogozinski (Author)
Jacob Rogozinski is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Strasbourg. He is the author of The Ego and the Flesh: An Introduction to Egoanalysis.
Sepehr Razavi (Translator)
Sepehr Razavi is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.