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Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing
Contributor(s): Allhoff, Fritz (Editor), Waller, S. (Editor), Doris, John M. (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1405199636     ISBN-13: 9781405199636
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $22.75  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy
- True Crime | Murder - General
Dewey: 364.152
LCCN: 2010004731
Series: Philosophy for Everyone
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Exploring existential, ethical and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive via an exploration of grisly death.
  • Presents new philosophical theories about serial killing, and relates new research in cognitive science to the minds of serial killers
  • Includes a philosophical look at real serial killers such as Ian Brady, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Zodiac killer, as well as fictional serial killers such as Dexter and Hannibal Lecter
  • Offers a new phenomenological examination of the writings of the Zodiac Killer
  • Contains an account of the disappearance of one of Ted Bundy's victims submitted by the organization Families and Friends of Missing Persons and Violent Crime Victims
  • Integrates the insights of philosophers, academics, crime writers and police officers