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On Monsters

- An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears
Engelsk Paperback

On Monsters

- An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears
Engelsk Paperback

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Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma''s On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious--Behemoth and Leviathan, Gog and Magog, Satan and his demons, Grendel and Frankenstein, circus freaks and headless children, right up to the serial killers and terrorists of today and the post-human cyborgs of tomorrow. Monsters embody our deepest anxieties and vulnerabilities, Asma argues, but they also symbolize the mysterious and incoherent territory beyond the safe enclosures of rational thought. Exploring sources as diverse as philosophical treatises, scientific notebooks, and novels, Asma unravels traditional monster stories for the clues they offer about the inner logic of an era''s fears and fascinations. In doing so, he illuminates the many ways monsters have become repositories for those human qualities that must be repudiated, externalized, and defeated. Asma suggests that how we handle monsters reflects how we handle uncertainty, ambiguity, and insecurity. And in a world that is daily becoming less secure and more ambiguous, he shows how we might learn to better live with monsters--and thereby avoid becoming one.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9780199798094
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0199798095
Udg. Dato:
27 okt 2011
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
156mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press Inc
Oplagsdato:
27 okt 2011
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