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1. • • He thinks a seemingly endless fascination with mythical creatures is part of our need to account for things we don't understand. "Monsters are symbols of mystery... they reflect our need to find meaning in our lives," he muses. "I think human beings need, or are drawn, to externalise mystery.
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   Why do we need monsters?

   • Monster originates from the Latin word monstrum, which itself derives from monere (' to warn’) and were omens for the ancients. While we don’t necessarily seek prophecies from them in a modern society, we still need monsters and their meaning. We pursue this meaning through the understanding of monstrosity as socially constructed.

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   Are monsters good or bad?

   • Monsters can teach us that difference doesn’t equate to bad and, in fact, looking at the world through the lens of a monster can provide a much more sympathetic outlook. Indeed, an outsider perspective can illuminate societal attitudes that have becoming normalised.

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   What makes a monster a 'other'?

   • Society creates its own monsters and embeds them with meaning such as what constitutes ‘good’ and ‘bad’ behaviour, making monsters the ‘Other’. Simply put, monsters are what's different from what society knows and has established and we engage with the behaviour of ‘Othering’ based upon difference.

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   What characterizes a monster?

   • The monster can be characterized as a singular living being who does not play the species game even though he is at the root of it. Even humans are not immune to this rule. On the contrary, what characterizes the monster and distinguishes it from living beings is an excess of monstrosity rather than an infra-monstrosity.

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   Are monsters based on difference?

   • Simply put, monsters are what's different from what society knows and has established and we engage with the behaviour of ‘Othering’ based upon difference. By saying we’re not that, we’re saying what we are.

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   What is a created monster?

   • “The created monster,” like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, is the monster we have built and believe we can control – until it turns against us. His descendants are the robots, androids and cyborgs of today, with their potential to become all too human – and threatening.

   Why we’ll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters

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   May 25, 2021 · While we don’t necessarily seek prophecies from them in a modern society, we still need monsters and their meaning. We pursue this meaning through the understanding of monstrosity as...

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   Oct 12, 2017 · The term has lost its power to evoke the unimaginable. The beasts that terrorized the mental lives of our ancestors have been tamed by religion and culture, notes Stephen T. Asma this week in a Nautilus essay, “Why Are So Many Monsters Hybrids?”. So what do we call Paddock?

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   Oct 28, 2016 · All the popular monsters you’ll see out trick-or-treating, from Frankenstein to Dracula, were born out of fear and anxiety about change and technology.

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   WE ARE ALL DARWINIAN MONSTERS. The question raised by Hume takes on a heightened form of intensity in Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace's theories of evolution. With unprecedented conviction, they demonstrated that we, too, are Darwinian monsters, just like all other animals.

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   May 12, 2022 · He thinks a seemingly endless fascination with mythical creatures is part of our need to account for things we don't understand. "Monsters are symbols of mystery... they reflect our...

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   Oct 29, 2017 · Why We Still Need Monsters. It doesn’t seem enough to call Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 innocent people in Las Vegas this month, a monster. The term has lost its power to evoke the unimaginable.

10. talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.uk › 2018/08/16 › whyWhy we need monsters like Medusa and the Sirens

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    Aug 16, 2018 · The original public event asked the question, ‘Why do we need monsters?’ Can you explain what makes a monster, and then tell us why you think society still needs them?