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Zombies in Western culture : a twenty-first century crisis /

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Main Authors:	Vervaeke, John (Author), Mastropietro, Christopher (Author), Miscevic, Filip (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Open Book Publishers, [2017]
Subjects:	Zombies > Psychological aspects. Alienation (Social psychology) Displacement (Psychology) Popular culture > Psychological aspects. Zombies > Social aspects. Zombies in popular culture. Zombies in motion pictures. Zombies in literature. Society in literature. Civilization, Modern. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. A new Zeitgeist
2. A transition in metaphors: a brief history of monster Zeitgeists
3. The four symbols of the zombie metaphor
4. A worldview in crisis: the domicide of apocalypse
5. The four horsemen of the zombie apocalypse: converging evidence for a crisis in meaning
6. An introduction to the genealogy of the meaning crisis
7. Conclusion.