ISBN:
9781783743308
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (106 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.21
Keywords:
Zombies Psychological aspects
;
Popular culture Psychological aspects
;
Zombies Social aspects
;
Alienation (Social psychology)
;
Displacement (Psychology)
;
Zombies in popular culture
;
Zombies in motion pictures
;
Zombies in literature
;
Society in literature
;
Civilization, Modern
;
Zombies-Psychological aspects
;
Zombies-Social aspects
;
Popular culture-Psychological aspects
;
Alienation (Social psychology)
;
Displacement (Psychology)
;
Popular culture ; Psychological aspects
;
Zombies ; Social aspects
;
Zombies in popular culture
;
Zombies in motion pictures
;
Zombies in literature
;
Society in literature
;
Civilization, Modern
;
Zombies ; Psychological aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Authors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. A New Zeitgeist -- 2. A Transition in Metaphors: A Brief History of Monster Zeitgeists -- 3. The Four Symbols of the Zombie Metaphor -- 3.1 The First Symbol: The Semiosis of the Zombie -- 3.1.1 Intensifying Meaninglessness: Zombies as a Threat to the Three Marks of Realness -- 3.2 The Second Symbol: The Name of the Zombie -- 3.3 The Third Symbol: The Failure of the Metanarrative -- 3.4 The Fourth Symbol: The Zombie Apocalypse -- 3.4.1 Intensifying Meaninglessness II: The Zombie is Bankrupt -- It Lacks Insight -- 3.4.2 The History of the Zombie Apocalypse -- 3.4.3 The Ecology of Worldview -- 4. A Worldview in Crisis: The Domicide of Apocalypse -- 4.1 Grassy Narrows -- 4.2 Domicide of the Hellenistic Era -- 5. The Four Horsemen of the Zombie Apocalypse: Converging Evidence for a Crisis in Meaning -- 5.1 Death -- 5.2 Famine -- 5.2.1 Suicide, Economic Status and Economic Volatility -- 5.2.2 Suicide and Political Stability -- 5.2.3 Suicide, Marital Status and Religious Affiliation -- 5.3 Pestilence -- 5.4 War -- 5.4.1 Reality Disengaged: On Bullshit -- 6. An Introduction to the Genealogy of the Meaning Crisis -- 6.1 The Meaning that Was Lost: Three Orders of a Worldview -- 6.1.1 Nomological Order -- 6.1.2 Narrative Order -- 6.1.3 Normative Order -- 6.2 How the Meaning Was Lost: The Fall of the Three Orders -- 6.2.1 Supremacy of Will over Reason -- 6.2.2 Luther and the Narcissistic Self -- 6.2.3 Pluralism and the Copernican Revolution -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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