Alexander fights monsters in India
Monsters are nature's playthings
Hermaphrodites and man-headed oxen
Medieval Monsters: Messages from God
Possessing demons and witches
Scientific Monsters: the Book of Nature is Riddled with Typos
Natural history, freaks, and nondescripts
The medicalization of monsters
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.
Introduction: extraordinary beings
pt. 1. Ancient monsters. Alexander fights monsters in India
Monsters are nature's playthings
Hermaphrodites and man-headed oxen
pt. 2. Medieval monsters: messages from God. Biblical monsters
Possessing demons and witches
pt. 3. Scientific monsters: the book of nature is riddled with typos. Natural history, freaks, and nondescripts
The medicalization of monsters
pt. 4. 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.
