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In Dracula and Philosophy 24 nocturnal philosophers stake out and
vivisect Dracula from many angles. John C. Altmann decides whether
Dracula can really be blamed for his crimes, since it's his nature
as a vampire to behave a certain way. Robert Arp argues that
Dracula's addiction to live human blood dooms him to perpetual
frustration and misery. John V. Karavitis sees Dracula as a Randian
individual pitted against the Marxist collective. Greg Littmann
maintains that if we disapprove of Dracula's behavior, we ought to
be vegetarians. James Edwin Mahon uses the example of Dracula to
resolve nagging problems about the desirability of immortality.
Adam Barkman and Michael Versteeg ponder what it would really feel
like to be Dracula, and thereby shed some light on the nature of
consciousness. Robert Vuckovich looks at the sexual morality of
Dracula and other characters in the Dracula saga. Ariane de Waal
explains that "Dragula" is scary because every time this being
appears, it causes "gender trouble." And Cari Callis demonstrates
that the Count is really the Jungian Shadow archetype -- with added
Shapeshifter elements -- in the journey of Mina Harker,
heroine/victim of Stoker's novel, from silly girl to empowered
woman.
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Jonathan Swift and Philosophy (Hardcover)
Janelle Poetzsch; Contributions by Michael Hauskeller, Chris A Kramer, Will Desmond, Steve Van-Hagen, …
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Discovery Miles 36 530
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Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and
interpret Swift's writing from a philosophical angle. By placing
key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and
providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how
well informed Swift's criticism of the politics, philosophy, and
science of his age actually was. Moreover, it also sets straight
preconceptions about Swift as ignorant about the scientific
developments of his time. The authors offer insights into, and
interpretations of, Swift's political philosophy, ethics, and his
philosophy of science and demonstrate how versatile a writer and
thinker Swift actually was. This book will be of interest to
scholars of philosophy, history of ideas, and 18th century
literature and culture.
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