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The undead and philosophy : chicken soup for the soulless / edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad.
- Title
- The undead and philosophy : chicken soup for the soulless / edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad.
- Publication
- Chicago : Open Court, c2006.
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- Description
- xvi, 261 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "A collection of philosophical essays about the undead: beings such as vampires and zombies who are physically or mentally dead yet not at rest. Topics addressed include the metaphysics and ethics of undeath"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 22
- Uniform Title
- Popular culture and philosophy v. 22.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The badness of undeath / Richard Greene -- Res corporealis, persons, bodies, and zombies / William S. Larkin -- "She's not your mother anymore, she's a zombie!": zombies, value, and personal identity / Hamish Thompson -- Dead serious: evil and the ontology of the undead / Manuel Vargas -- Zombies, Bladder runner, and the mind-body problem / Larry Hauser -- Heidegger the vampire slayer: the undead and fundamental ontology / Adam Barrows -- When there's no more room in hell, the dead will shop the earth: Romero and Aristotle on zombies, happiness, and consumption / Matthew Walker -- Zombies, rest and motion: Spinoza and the speed of undeath / K. Silem Mohammad -- Zombie gladiators / Dale Jacquette -- Should Vampires be held accountable for their blood thirsty behavior? / John Draeger -- The bloody connection between vampires and vegetarians / Wayne Yuen -- Damned if you do, damned if you don't: vampires and the hedonistic paradox / Robert Arp -- Deserving to be a vampire: the ethical and existential elements of vampirism / Ted M. Preston -- The political economy of non-coervcive vampire lifestyles / Douglas Glen Whitman -- Rousseau and the vampires: toward a political philosophy of the undead / Phillip Cole -- The undead Martyr: sex, death, and revolution in George Romero's zombie films / Simon Clark -- When they aren't eating us, They bring us together: zombies and the American social contract / Leah A. Murray -- The fear of fear itself: the philosophy of Halloween / Noël Carroll -- "Powerful, beautiful, and without regret": femininity, masculinity, and the vampire aesthetic / Joan Grassbaugh Forry.
- ISBN
- 0812696018 (trade paper : alk. paper)
- 9780812696011
- LCCN
- ^^2006020701
- OCLC
- 70258815
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library