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May 8, 2024 · Jeffrey Jerome Cohen presents seven theses at the beginning of his book "Monster Theory: Reading Culture." These theses serve as foundational concepts for understanding the nature of the monstrous and its significance in culture and literature.
Monster Theory: Reading Culture (1996) Ed. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen. Summary: A wide-ranging and fascinating collection that asks the question, What happens when critical theorists take the study of monsters seriously as a means of examining our culture?
May 8, 2024 · According to Cohen, "the monster is always a product of its historical and cultural context"[1]. A society’s anxieties are reflected in the monstrous figures it creates. For example, a monstrous creature symbolizing technological advancement might embody anxieties about the blurring lines between humans and machines.
2 days ago · Titus In the essay Monster Culture: Seven Theses, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen condemns this behavior and claims that it should not be present in society. As Cohen points out, monsters usually cause a lot of damage, and the consequence is that society is significantly harmed (Cohen 2).
May 23, 2024 · Taken together these readings argue for an understanding of the monstrous child in contemporary culture as embodying the mutilation of social and physical bodies which result from policies of austerity, voicing our fears of scarcity through their horrifying hunger.
May 8, 2024 · [1] “the monstrum is etymologically "that which reveals," "that which warns," a glyph that seeks a hierophant. Like a letter on the page, the monster signifies something other than itself: it is always a displacement, always inhabits the gap between the time of upheaval that cr
6 days ago · David Bernstein | 5.26.2024 10:30 AM. I happened across this very interesting and provocative paper by Fordham political scientist Jeffrey Cohen. Cohen starts by noting the two dominant...
