03171nam 2200625 a 450 991045979030332120200520144314.01-283-05868-597866130586830-19-971451-7(CKB)2670000000081778(EBL)472190(OCoLC)711101516(SSID)ssj0000519298(PQKBManifestationID)12185038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519298(PQKBWorkID)10497731(PQKB)10208302(SSID)ssj0000544443(PQKBManifestationID)12160570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544443(PQKBWorkID)10536308(PQKB)10968754(MiAaPQ)EBC472190(Au-PeEL)EBL472190(CaPaEBR)ebr10460702(CaONFJC)MIL305868(EXLCZ)99267000000008177820090220d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn monsters[electronic resource] an unnatural history of our worst fears /Stephen T. AsmaOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533616-X 0-19-979809-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-333) and index.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.Monsters. Real or imagined, literal or metaphorical, they have exerted a dread fascination on the human mind for many centuries. They attract and repel us, intrigue and terrify us, and in the process reveal something deeply important about the darker recesses of our collective psyche. 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. Asma begins with a letter from Alexander the Great in 326 B.C. detailing an encounter in India wMonstersElectronic books.Monsters.398.24/54Asma Stephen T627690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459790303321On monsters2160828UNINA