Why Are We So Fond of Monsters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12888126 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominique Lestel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 259-269 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Critical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1854 • E-ISSN: 1750-0109 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/ccs.2012.0062 |
| OpenAlex | W1979331862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Human attraction to monsters is such that we could almost characterize Homo sapiens as ‘the species that loves monsters’. In fact, there is hardly a single human culture that finds itself indifferent to monsters; human culture either responds to monsters with fear or feeds on them joyously. This fascination is somewhat suspect and worth explaining. In this essay, I argue that Homo sapiens is a ‘monster’s animal’ just as we often speak of a ‘ladies’ man’.1
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Homo sapiens · Human culture · Literature · Monster · Sociology · Suspect · Anthropology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |