Le « Héros homicide et nocturne » en pleines « Lumières » : de Cartouche ou les voleurs (1721) aux « Vies privées » (1721-1803) by Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre

“…If Corneille’s play is used by the authorities to attack superstition in the “poisons affair”, the decision to forbid Legrand’s play (presenting the criminal Cartouche in a very attractive light at the moment of his trial) shows that the government is taking note of the new fascination with criminals. …”
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“When the Cock crows, the Devil Falls” – a Review of Christian Thought Concerning Birds in Selected Folk Tales by Agnieszka Tańczuk

“…In the consumptive world, mysterious things function as magic or superstition, sometimes via tradition, or a relic of a by-gone era. …”
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Investigation on Seismic Behavior of Historical Tokatlı Bridge under Near-Fault Earthquakes by Memduh Karalar, Mustafa Yeşil

“…These earthquakes can be listed as follows: Cape Mend (1992), Kobe (1995), Superstition Hills (1987), Northridge (1994), Imperial Valley (1979), and Chi-Chi (1999). …”
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Sacrul și profanul în modernitatea occidentală. Ocultism, vrăjitorie și mode culturale by Dragoș DRAGOMAN

“…Breaking down both religious superstition and the opposition to political centralization managed to offer a new image of the world, that of the absolute sovereign in Heaven and on earth. …”
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Bejlisova aféra. Antisemitismus a ruský politický život v letech 1911-1913 by Zbyněk Vydra

“…Some of its members did not agree with the „blood accusation“ and believed that such „medieval superstition“ only discredited the modern anti-Semitic movement. …”
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THE DEMAND FOR A NEW CONCEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE: THE DOCTRINE OF HUME by A. M. Malivskyi

“…Empiricism, dogmatism, superstition and skepticism are the manifestations of the latter. …”
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Western European Intellectual Practices of a New Type in Russian Everyday Life at Early 18th Century (case of Feofan Prokopovich) by I. Yu. Khruleva

“…The Religious Enlightenment was a pan-European phenomenon that embraced Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, and Orthodoxy, and grew out of the desire to create an intelligent religion free of superstition and serving society. The intellectual movement of the religious Enlightenment sought to reconcile the natural philosophy of the 17th-18th centuries with a religious worldview, while trying to overcome the extremes of religious fanaticism, on the one hand, and nihilism and godlessness, on the other. …”
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“The world is round”: mystification and the poetry of Lavinia Greenlaw by Raphael COSTAMBEYS-KEMPCZYNSI

“…Ce que l’artiste met en scène, donc, oscille entre le connu et la superstition, entre l’abstraction de la science et la tangibilité de l’art.Traditionnellement, la voix de la science est masculine. …”
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Soft Power and Stress: The Health Impacts of Indonesian Soap Operas on Malaysian Millennials by Rangga Cipta Perdana, Ernida Kadir, Genta Iverstika Gempita

“…The reason is that the Indonesian culture that is born in Indonesian soap operas is shredded and superstition and it is not in accordance with the culture in Malaysia. …”
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Making Maoshan Great Again: Religious Rhetoric and Popular Mobilisation from Late Qing to Republican China (1864–1937) by Qijun Zheng

“…Furthermore, this study considers pilgrimages to Maoshan as a form of popular mobilisation and resistance to anti-clerical and anti-superstition campaigns, illustrating how, against all odds, Maoshan emerged as a site where religious devotion and economic activity coalesced to sustain the local communities. …”
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Interpretation of the mass possession in Morzine by contemporary Austrian press by Peter Ondreička

“…In the first discourse, we can find descriptions of Morzine as a remote area where superstitions still survived. The second discourse is a reflection of Morzine as a wonder or sensation. …”
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Dracula, le monstre et les savants : entre Darwin et Bunyan by René Gallet

“…The presence of such a scientific layer beneath the more conspicuous layer of Transylvanian legends and superstitions also leads to a reassessment of Stoker’s work which could then be seen as adapting Bunyan’s technique of multiple allegory to a Victorian intellectual context.…”
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SİYASAL-SOSYAL GÖRÜŞLERİ VE DİNİ YÖNÜYLE AFGANİ1 (Son Bir Umut: İslam Birliği) by Muammer Esen

“…Emphasizing the importance of a sound understanding of religion cleansed from superstitions, al-Afghani thought that a religion founded upon a sound basis of wisdom is centered around human happiness. …”
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Canine Gouging: A Taboo Resurfacing in Migrant Urban Population by Anila Virani Noman, Ferranti Wong, Ravikiran Ramakrishna Pawar

“…Cosmopolitan cities have become a pool of migrants from different parts of the world, who carry their cultural beliefs and superstitions with them around the globe. Canine gouging is a kind of infant oral mutilation (IOM) which is widely practiced among rural population of Africa where the primary tooth bud of the deciduous canine is enucleated. …”
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« The arrival of a foreigner and a stranger at my aunt’s house » : l’étrange et l’étranger dans The Moonstone (1868) de Wilkie Collins by Constance Collin

“…If the plot evolves around strange and magical events and around the superstitions and legends that surround the stone, it mainly takes place on the West Yorkshire coast, in the house of the respectable Verinder family. …”
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VOLTAIRE’S PHILOSOPHY: HUMAN NATURE AND INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION by Yu. Zimaryova

“…At the one hand, Voltaire criticizes religion for its superstitions and fanaticism. On the other hand, he recognises the existence of God. …”
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The Fantastic-Grotesque in Beh’Āzin’s “The Snake Stone” by Nahid Shahbazi Moghaddam

“…The snake, as the main motif of the story, is then discussed as a grotesque motif, and The snake stone is dealt with concerning common beliefs and superstitions in popular culture. In a combination of theory and discussion, the story is read through its elements of the grotesque and its fantastic aspects. …”
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Ciência, construção da nação e exclusão social. São Paulo-Brasil (1889-1930) by Mariza Romero

“…On behalf of a neuter and truthful science, popular knowledge was also disqualified, being its owners, the common folks, considered as ignorant people, victim of superstitions. This kind of thinking was meant to guarantee social order, keeping a perfect balance between order and progress, motto of Brazilian national flag.…”
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An Analysis of the Outcomes of Language Contacts: with Specials Reference to Arabi-Malayalam by Sayed Saidalavi Cheerangote

“…Several periodicals were published in AM language to preach the basic tenets of Islam to the commoners and to make them aware of the evil practices and superstitions existed in those days. This study treats AM as a contact language and it aims at isolating the contact induced elements in AM. …”
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Swoistość ludzkiej kultury - wampiryzm by Jacek Tomczyk, Anna Dygudaj

“…By this fact it constitutes a pattern to all situations and activities in which the event may reappear, the myth can degrade into an epical legend, a ballad or a roman, but it can also survive in a limited form in superstitions, customs and longings without losing neither its structure nor its meaning. …”
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