Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

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ISBN 978-0-8126-9683-7

~~$19.95~~ $13.97
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320 pages

Spring 2010

Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

Edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad

Volume 49 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy® series

Since 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, zombie culture has continued to limp and claw its way into the center of popular culture. Zombies and Vampires now thrive in TV shows, comic books, cartoons, video games, and movies. Still, the zombies and vampires in our midst are thirsting for an even higher cultural profile. Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy will do for Socrates and Descartes what Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has done for Jane Austen. Philosophers will sink their teeth into the ideas and concepts that drive our fascination and unquenchable thirst for Zombiedom: Why do vampires and vegetarians share a similar worldview? Why is understanding zombies the key to health care reform? What does ‘healthy in mind and body’ mean for the undead? Those waiting for answers should be sanguine about this book!

This is an expanded and re-titled edition of Open Court’s The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless. It includes two new chapters and a new introduction.

Richard Greene is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Weber State University. He is co-editor of Popular Culture and Philosophy volumes on the undead and The Sopranos. K. Silem Mohammad is Assistant Professor English and Writing at Southern Oregon University and co-editor of The Undead and Philosophy.