On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma

On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

Stephen T. Asma

351 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history horror philosophy psychology dark informative reflective slow-paced
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Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), 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, ...

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