On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears
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- ISBN: 9780195336160 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 019533616X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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xii, 351 p. : ill ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-333) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Extraordinary beings -- Ancient monsters. Alexander fights monsters in India ; Monsters are nature's playthings ; Hermaphrodites and man-headed oxen ; Monstrous desire -- Medieval monsters : messages from God. Biblical monsters ; Do monsters have souls? ; The monster killer ; Possessing demons and witches -- Scientific monsters : the book of nature is riddled with typos. Natural history, freaks, and nondescripts ; The medicalization of monsters ; Darwin's mutants -- Inner monsters : the psychological aspects. The art of human vulnerability : angst and horror ; Criminal monsters : psychopathology, aggression, and the malignant heart ; Torturers, terrorists, and zombies : the products of monstrous societies ; Future monsters : robots, mutants, and posthuman cyborgs. |
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