| Dharma of the Dead: Zombies, Mortality and Buddhist Philosophy Contributor(s): Moreman, Christopher M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476672490 ISBN-13: 9781476672496 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Philosophy | Buddhist - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 398.45 |
| LCCN: 2018023079 |
| Series: Contributions to Zombie Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.60 lbs) 243 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the increased popularity of zombies in recent years, scholars have considered why the undead have so captured the public imagination. This book argues that the zombie can be viewed as an object of meditation on death, a memento mori that makes the fact of mortality more approachable from what has been described as America's "death-denying culture." The existential crisis in zombie apocalyptic fiction brings to the fore the problem of humanity's search for meaning in an increasingly global and secular world. Zombies are analyzed in the context of Buddhist thought, in contrast with social and religious critiques from other works. |