Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar. Asma is the author of many books, including Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (OUP, 2001), and The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha. He lives in Chicago.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Extraordinary BeingsPart 1 - Ancient Monsters1 Alexander Fights Monsters in India2 Monsters Are Nature's Playthings3 Hermaphrodites and Man-headed Oxen4 Monstrous DesirePart 2 - Medieval Monsters: Messages from God5 Biblical Monsters6 Do Monsters Have Souls?7 The Monster Killer8 Possessing Demons and WitchesPart 3 - Scientific Monsters: The Book of Nature is Riddled with Typos9 Natural History, Freaks, and Nondescripts10 The Medicalization of Monsters11 Darwin's MutantsPart 4 - Inner Monsters: The Psychological Aspects12 The Art of Human Vulnerability: Angst and Horror13 Criminal Monsters: Psychopathology, Aggression, and the Malignant HeartPart 5 - Monsters Today and Tomorrow14 Torturers, Terrorists, and Zombies: The Products of Monstrous Societies15 Future Monsters: Robots, Mutants, and Posthuman CyborgsEpilogueNotesIndex

Asma's wide-ranging study is accessible and the monsters are fascinating.

Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar. Asma is the author of many books, including Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (OUP, 2001), and The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha. He lives in Chicago.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Extraordinary BeingsPart 1 - Ancient Monsters1 Alexander Fights Monsters in India2 Monsters Are Nature's Playthings3 Hermaphrodites and Man-headed Oxen4 Monstrous DesirePart 2 - Medieval Monsters: Messages from God5 Biblical Monsters6 Do Monsters Have Souls?7 The Monster Killer8 Possessing Demons and WitchesPart 3 - Scientific Monsters: The Book of Nature is Riddled with Typos9 Natural History, Freaks, and Nondescripts10 The Medicalization of Monsters11 Darwin's MutantsPart 4 - Inner Monsters: The Psychological Aspects12 The Art of Human Vulnerability: Angst and Horror13 Criminal Monsters: Psychopathology, Aggression, and the Malignant HeartPart 5 - Monsters Today and Tomorrow14 Torturers, Terrorists, and Zombies: The Products of Monstrous Societies15 Future Monsters: Robots, Mutants, and Posthuman CyborgsEpilogueNotesIndex

Asma's wide-ranging study is accessible and the monsters are fascinating.

Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar. Asma is the author of many books, including Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (OUP, 2001), and The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha. He lives in Chicago.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Extraordinary BeingsPart 1 - Ancient Monsters1 Alexander Fights Monsters in India2 Monsters Are Nature's Playthings3 Hermaphrodites and Man-headed Oxen4 Monstrous DesirePart 2 - Medieval Monsters: Messages from God5 Biblical Monsters6 Do Monsters Have Souls?7 The Monster Killer8 Possessing Demons and WitchesPart 3 - Scientific Monsters: The Book of Nature is Riddled with Typos9 Natural History, Freaks, and Nondescripts10 The Medicalization of Monsters11 Darwin's MutantsPart 4 - Inner Monsters: The Psychological Aspects12 The Art of Human Vulnerability: Angst and Horror13 Criminal Monsters: Psychopathology, Aggression, and the Malignant HeartPart 5 - Monsters Today and Tomorrow14 Torturers, Terrorists, and Zombies: The Products of Monstrous Societies15 Future Monsters: Robots, Mutants, and Posthuman CyborgsEpilogueNotesIndex

Asma's wide-ranging study is accessible and the monsters are fascinating.