On Monsters
An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears
(Sprache: Englisch)
A comprehensive modern-day bestiary.--The New Yorker
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A comprehensive modern-day bestiary.--The New Yorker
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Extraordinary BeingsPart 1 - Ancient Monsters1 Alexander Fights Monsters in India2 Monsters Are Nature's Playthings3 Hermaphrodites and Man-headed Oxen4 Monstrous DesirePart 2 - Medieval Monsters: Messages from God5 Biblical Monsters6 Do Monsters Have Souls?7 The Monster Killer8 Possessing Demons and WitchesPart 3 - Scientific Monsters: The Book of Nature is Riddled with Typos9 Natural History, Freaks, and Nondescripts10 The Medicalization of Monsters11 Darwin's MutantsPart 4 - Inner Monsters: The Psychological Aspects12 The Art of Human Vulnerability: Angst and Horror13 Criminal Monsters: Psychopathology, Aggression, and the Malignant HeartPart 5 - Monsters Today and Tomorrow14 Torturers, Terrorists, and Zombies: The Products of Monstrous Societies15 Future Monsters: Robots, Mutants, and Posthuman CyborgsEpilogueNotesIndex
Autoren-Porträt von Stephen T. (Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar, Columbia College Chicago) Asma
Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar.
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- Autor: Stephen T. (Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar, Columbia College Chicago) Asma
- 368 Seiten, 20 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 15,6 x 23,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199798095
- ISBN-13: 9780199798094
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2011
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Englisch
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an erudite yet very readable monster-fest. The Guardian
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