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Villainy in Western Culture - Historical Archetypes of Danger, Disorder and Death (Paperback)
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Every human society has a lineup of base, wicked, unethical
characters-real and fictional-that are regarded as villainous. This
book explores how western societies have used those they label
villains to delineate insiders from outsiders; political, social,
economic, and cultural behaviors deemed a threat to the order,
harmony, and well-being of society itself; and normal as opposed to
abnormal psychological behavior. Part One addresses how nature and
those identified as ""barbarians"" were villainized as sinister
""others"" bent on destroying humanity and western civilization.
Part Two considers how certain villainous types-tyrants, traitors,
and tramps (aka ""femme fatales"")-challenged and reinforced
western thinking with regard to legitimate governance, loyalty to
one's people, and proper male/female roles and relationships. Part
Three looks at how sociopathic gangsters and grifters and
psychopathic murderers have served as models of evil and/or
unprincipled behavior, and, in so doing, highlighted what we regard
as moral and rightful conduct. In tandem with these villainous
types, this study also considers two distinct though related
phenomena, the dramatic shrinking of what is now considered
villainous in the West, and the proliferation of all manner of odd
and over-the-top villains in western pop culture and mass media.
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