Stephen T. Asma (Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar

On Monsters

An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

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Produktbeschreibung

"A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."--The New Yorker

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780199798094
• ISBN-10: 0199798095
• Artikelnr.: 33373243

Autorenporträt

Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Extraordinary Beings
Part 1 - Ancient Monsters
1 Alexander Fights Monsters in India
2 Monsters Are Nature's Playthings
3 Hermaphrodites and Man-headed Oxen
4 Monstrous Desire
Part 2 - Medieval Monsters: Messages from God
5 Biblical Monsters
6 Do Monsters Have Souls?
7 The Monster Killer
8 Possessing Demons and Witches
Part 3 - Scientific Monsters: The Book of Nature is Riddled with Typos
9 Natural History, Freaks, and Nondescripts
10 The Medicalization of Monsters
11 Darwin's Mutants
Part 4 - Inner Monsters: The Psychological Aspects
12 The Art of Human Vulnerability: Angst and Horror
13 Criminal Monsters: Psychopathology, Aggression, and the Malignant Heart
Part 5 - Monsters Today and Tomorrow
14 Torturers, Terrorists, and Zombies: The Products of Monstrous Societies
15 Future Monsters: Robots, Mutants, and Posthuman Cyborgs
Epilogue
Notes
Index