Humans: A Monstrous History

Humans: A Monstrous History

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Humans: A Monstrous History
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Humans: A Monstrous History

Humans: A Monstrous History

Author: Surekha Davies

Publisher: Westland

ISBN: 9789379858177
Rs. 799.00
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Monsters are central to how we think about the human condition. Join award-winning historian of science Dr. Surekha Davies as she reveals how people have defined the human in relation to everything from apes to zombies, and how they invented race, gender, and nations along the way. With rich, evocative storytelling that braids together ancient gods and generative AI, Frankenstein's monster and ET, A Monstrous History shows how monster-making is about it defines who gets to count as normal.
 
In an age when corporations increasingly see people as obstacles to profits, this book traces the long, volatile history of monster-making to chart a better path for the future. The result is a profound, effervescent, empowering retelling of the history of the world for anyone who wants to reverse rising inequality and polarization. This is not a history of monsters, but a history through monsters.

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