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

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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