Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Of Monsters and Contemporary Cultures

"Contemporary cultural interest in monsters is still very strong. ... Monsters of demonic possession are imaginative expressions of ... loss of control. The specific face of the monsters will vary from culture to culture, but the universal dimension seems undeniable."
Stephen T. Asma, 2009, 279, 284
On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

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