{"product_id":"interdisciplinary-essays-on-monsters-and-the-monstrous-imagining-monsters-to-understand-our-socio-political-and-psycho-emotional-realities-hardcover","title":"Interdisciplinary Essays on Monsters and the Monstrous: Imagining Monsters to Understand Our Socio-Political and Psycho-Emotional Realities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Susanne Schotanus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonsters show us our deepest fears and anxieties, our discomfort with difference, and our simultaneous repulsion with and fascination for the other. Understanding that the concept of the monster can be a political tool used to dehumanize opponents and a psychological tool that can help us reconsider our beliefs, \u003cem\u003eInterdisciplinary Essays on Monsters and the Monstrous\u003c\/em\u003e analyses and explores the enduring influence and imagery of monsters and the monstrous on human societies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing the innovative practice of \"imagining monsters\" as a way to rethink the key organizing principles in our society that we have traditionally taken for granted, the authors explore not only what monsters are but, most importantly, what monsters reveal about us. This cutting-edge collection of chapters challenges us to contradict worldviews, such as the binary of gender, that have organized our thinking for millennia. Showcasing discussions loaded with ontological, ideological, socio-political, and aesthetic implications, the monstrous is rendered uncannily familiar as our own public and domestic socio-political and psycho-emotional realities are subjected to scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaunching a critical question: when faced with an existential threat, what can we do? The authors show us how the study of monsters and monstrosity is perfectly positioned to answer. Tackling this question from a unique interdisciplinary scope, the research presented in the chapters are interesting reading for a variety of researchers interested in monsters and the monstrous from across sub-disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM. Susanne Schotanus\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Director of Publications for Progressive Connexions, and series editor of the \u003cem\u003eEmerald Interdisciplinary Connexions\u003c\/em\u003e series. Schotanus' work is marked by a passion for interdisciplinarity and knowledge production, especially on topics that have traditionally been considered taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.21 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780247683360,"sku":"9781801170284","price":179.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c6af2bb479ad54049258c806ca868ad5.webp?v=1780525244","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/interdisciplinary-essays-on-monsters-and-the-monstrous-imagining-monsters-to-understand-our-socio-political-and-psycho-emotional-realities-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}