Doubt and the dislocation of magic: France, 1790–1940.

The article discusses the history of doubt in France in relation to witchcraft and subsequent legal trials involving witchcraft, and it mentions attitudes about magic and belief. According to the article, the dislocation of doubt and uncertain attitudes towards magic are attributed to processes involving exclusion and return, marginalization and contagion, and fragmentation and recombination. Modern views about vaccinations and racism are also assessed.