Dracula And Philosophy
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Dracula And Philosophy
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Author : Nicolas Michaud
language : en
Publisher: Open Court
Release Date : 2015-07-14
Dracula And Philosophy written by Nicolas Michaud and has been published by Open Court this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Philosophy categories.
Twenty-four nocturnal philosophers stake out and vivisect Dracula from many angles, unearthing evidence from numerous movies and shows—macabre, terrifying, tragic, and comic. Altmann decides whether Dracula can really be blamed for his crimes, since it’s his nature as a vampire to behave a certain way. Arp argues that Dracula’s addiction to live human blood dooms him to perpetual misery. Karavitis sees Dracula as a Randian individual pitted against the Marxist collective. Ketcham contrives a meeting between Dracula and the Jewish theologian Maimonides. Littmann maintains that if we disapprove of Dracula’s behavior, we ought to be vegetarians. Mahon uses the example of Dracula to resolve nagging problems about the desirability of immortality. McCrossin and Wolfe, disinter some of the re-interpretations of this now-mythical character, and asks whether we can identify an essential Dracula. Pramik shows how the Dracula tale embodies Kierkegaard’s three stages of life. Barkman and Versteeg ponder what it would really feel like to be Dracula. The Greens publish some previous unknown letters between Dracula and Camus's Meursault. Vuckovich looks at the sexual morality of characters in the Dracula saga. De Waal explains that "Dragula" is scary because every time this being appears, it causes "gender trouble."
Zombies Vampires And Philosophy
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Author : Richard Greene
language : en
Publisher: Open Court
Release Date : 2010-04-01
Zombies Vampires And Philosophy written by Richard Greene and has been published by Open Court this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-01 with Philosophy categories.
Since 1968's Night of the Living Dead, zombie culture has steadily limped and clawed its way into the center of popular culture. Today, zombies and vampires have taken over TV shows, comic books, cartoons, video games, and movies. Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy drags the theories of famous philosophers like Socrates and Descartes into the territory of the undead, exploring questions like: Why do vampires and vegetarians share a similar worldview? Why is understanding zombies the key to health care reform? And what does "healthy in mind and body" mean for vampires and zombies? Answers to these questions and more await readers brave enough to make this fun, philosophical foray into the undead.
Zombies Vampires And Philosophy
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Author : Richard Greene and K Silem Mohammad
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-08
Zombies Vampires And Philosophy written by Richard Greene and K Silem Mohammad and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with Social Science categories.
Don't turn around - there's probably one behind you right now. Vampires and zombies are just everywhere. Bram Stoker had no idea what he was starting when he published his vampire novel Dracula in 1897, incidentally digging up and re-animating the word ''undead. Whether it's Twilight, Let the Right One In, True Blood, or the comic book series Thirty Days of Night, vampire stories seem to experience an eternal cycle of death and resurrection, growing more potent, if not more rosy-cheeked, with each successive manifestation. While vampires are suave, sexy, sophisticated, stay up all night, generally have good hair, and often deliver witty one-liners, zombies are just the opposite. Zombies have poor complexions, missing body parts, few social graces, and are conversationally challenged. Yet public fascination with zombies keeps proliferating, along with the popularity of vampires. There are more zombie books, zombie movies, and zombie games than ever before. About the only things vampires and zombies share is that they want to bite us and we are at risk of becoming like them. However, they both confront us with moral and metaphysical issues of life and death. In Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy, an expanded edition of The Undead and Philosophy, twenty-two of our leading thinkers teach us the lessons we can absorb from the various forms of Undeath. ''this is a book worth buying just for the final chapter, which gives us the sensational and hitherto suppressed correspondence of tienne Lavec and Paulie Dori Williams. At long last we have a vital perspective that has been sadly lacking; authentic vampire reactions to the way vampires are depicted in popular culture.
Lucifer Morningstar A Philosophical Love Story
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Author : Morten Tolboll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-09
Lucifer Morningstar A Philosophical Love Story written by Morten Tolboll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-09 with Philosophy categories.
With a preface by the Devil we are introduced to the love story of Dracula and Mina, seen with the eyes of a philosopher. We learn that the nature of the Devils game is the paradoxical. This is revealed when we guess that the Devils proper name is Lucifer Morningstar, which means Bringer of Light. We hear about the Devils double incarnation in the pain-bodies of Dracula and Mina. In the search for the unification of their love we undertake a Heros Journey through the Earth-Moon Kingdom of the Vampire. Like Vergil in Dantes The Divine Comedy our guide will be Karen Blixen. In this book Morten Tolboll is using popular culture to shed light on his own pain-body and the dark ancient powers he has struggled with for over two decades. In this way the book is an anologistic portrait of the experiential background for his teaching Meditation as an Art of Life. The book is an inquiry into the nature of suffering and love.
Twilight And Philosophy
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Author : Rebecca Housel
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-09-22
Twilight And Philosophy written by Rebecca Housel and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-22 with Philosophy categories.
twilight and Philosophy What can vampires tell us about the meaning of life? Is Edward a romantic hero or a dangerous stalker? Is Bella a feminist? Is Stephenie Meyer? How does Stephenie Meyer’s Mormonism fit into the fantastical world of Twilight? Is Jacob “better” for Bella than Edward? The answers to these philosophical questions and more can be found inside Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality. With everything from Taoism to mind reading to the place of God in a world of vampires, this book offers some very tasty philosophy for both the living and the undead to sink their teeth into. Whether you’re on Team Edward or Team Jacob, whether you loved or hated Breaking Dawn, this book is for you! To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com
The Devil And Philosophy
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Author : Robert Arp
language : en
Publisher: Open Court
Release Date : 2014-07-21
The Devil And Philosophy written by Robert Arp and has been published by Open Court this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-21 with Philosophy categories.
In The Devil and Philosophy, 34 philosophers explore questions about one of the most recognizable and influential characters (villains?) of all time. From Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion to Bram Stoker's Dracula to Darth Vader to Al Pacino's iconic performance in The Devil's Advocate, this book demonstrates that a little devil goes a long way. From humorous appearances, as in Kevin Smith's film Dogma and Chuck Palahniuk's novels Damned and its sequel Doomed, to more villanous appearances, such as Gabriel Byrne's cold outing as Satan in End of Days, The Devil in Philosophy proves that the Devil comes in many forms. Through the lenses of Jung, Kant, Kundera, Balkan, Plato, Bradwardine, Aristotle, Hume, Blackburn, Descartes, Lavey, Thoreau, and Aquinas, The Devil and Philosophy take a philosophical look at one of time's greatest characters. Are there any good arguments for the actual existence of the Devil? Does demonic evil thrive in Gotham City? Can humans really be accountable for all evil? Which truths about the Devil are actual facts? Is Milton correct, in that the Devil believes he is doing good?
Bram Stoker S Dracula
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Author : Lawrence Kline
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Bram Stoker S Dracula written by Lawrence Kline and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) categories.
The Theology Of Dracula
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Author : Noël Montague-Étienne Rarignac
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-01-23
The Theology Of Dracula written by Noël Montague-Étienne Rarignac and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
Few books have so seized the public imagination as Bram Stoker's Dracula, even more popular now than when it was first published in 1897. This critical work represents a rereading of the horror classic as a Christian text, one that alchemizes Platonism, Gnosticism, Mariology and Christian resurrection in a tale that explores the grotesque. Of particular interest is the way in which the Dracula narrative emerges from earlier vampire tales, which juxtapose Apollonian and Dionysian impulses. A strong addition to vampire and horror scholarship.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
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Author : Bram Stoker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-11
Dracula By Bram Stoker written by Bram Stoker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-11 with categories.
This book holds an important place among the World Classics.
Nietzsche Against Dracula
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Author : Steven Prizeman
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-11
Nietzsche Against Dracula written by Steven Prizeman and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-11 with categories.
The sore red light of logs smouldering in the grate reflects upon a pair of eyes. Below them a mouth smiles and the fire-glow stretches orange along a line of teeth. "To live alone one must be an animal or a god... or both: a philosopher." The voice is deep and calm, like the Black Sea. "Greetings, Professor Nietzsche. I am Neculai, Count Dragulescu..." It is October 1888. In his lodgings in Turin the radical German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche pours out his thoughts in long, feverish days of writing. Committed to 'revaluing all values', book after iconoclastic book tumble from his pen. It is a torrent of ink that continues to pour even though - perhaps because - he is almost completely neglected, his books unread and often unpublished. Nietzsche Against Dracula takes the small historical liberty of asking what if? What if Nietzsche, sick, poverty-stricken and dejected, found he had a hitherto unknown admirer - one who seemed to truly appreciate his challenging work? What if this would-be patron presented Nietzsche with an invitation to holiday in luxury at his estate in Transylvania? What if Nietzsche found himself dragged into a world of physical danger and desperate action unfamiliar since his experiences in the Franco-Prussian War? What if he was plunged into emotional turmoil by two beautiful women - one exemplifying culture and intellect; another sensuality and animal passions? What if Nietzsche found that his host - let us call him by his nickname, Dracula - had misunderstood his philosophy in ways he couldn't have imagined? What if Nietzsche realised that the forceful opinions he had deliberated over with such care, and expressed with lovingly crafted eloquence, threatened to unleash a vortex of destruction that could devastate the next century? What would Nietzsche do?