The badness of undeath / Richard Greene -- Res corporealis, persons, bodies, and zombies / William S. Larkin -- "She's not your mother anymore, she's a zombie!": zombies, value, and personal identity / Hamish Thompson -- Dead serious: evil and the ontology of the undead / Manuel Vargas -- Zombies, Bladder runner, and the mind-body problem / Larry Hauser -- Heidegger the vampire slayer: the undead and fundamental ontology / Adam Barrows -- When there's no more room in hell, the dead will shop the earth: Romero and Aristotle on zombies, happiness, and consumption / Matthew Walker -- Zombies, rest and motion: Spinoza and the speed of undeath / K. Silem Mohammad -- Zombie gladiators / Dale Jacquette -- Should Vampires be held accountable for their blood thirsty behavior? / John Draeger -- The bloody connection between vampires and vegetarians / Wayne Yuen -- Damned if you do, damned if you don't: vampires and the hedonistic paradox / Robert Arp -- Deserving to be a vampire: the ethical and existential elements of vampirism / Ted M. Preston -- The political economy of non-coervcive vampire lifestyles / Douglas Glen Whitman -- Rousseau and the vampires: toward a political philosophy of the undead / Phillip Cole -- The undead Martyr: sex, death, and revolution in George Romero's zombie films / Simon Clark -- When they aren't eating us, They bring us together: zombies and the American social contract / Leah A. Murray -- The fear of fear itself: the philosophy of Halloween / Noël Carroll -- "Powerful, beautiful, and without regret": femininity, masculinity, and the vampire aesthetic / Joan Grassbaugh Forry.
Summary:
"A collection of philosophical essays about the undead: beings such as vampires and zombies who are physically or mentally dead yet not at rest. Topics addressed include the metaphysics and ethics of undeath"--Provided by publisher.
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