{"product_id":"on-monsters-an-unnatural-history-of-our-worst-fears-hardcover","title":"On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen T. Asma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"a feast\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e) and \"a modern-day bestiary\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), Stephen Asma's \u003cem\u003eOn Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003efuture. 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\u003cbr\u003etomorrow. 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\u003cbr\u003etraditional 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen T. Asma\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256560115814,"sku":"9780195336160","price":40.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Y2xYZWY4d0QrUUtXQVFpaWswNWtKdz09.webp?v=1773726631","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/on-monsters-an-unnatural-history-of-our-worst-fears-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}