Dharma of the Dead

Zombies, Mortality and Buddhist Philosophy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Comparative Religion, Eastern Religions, Buddhism, Philosophy
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Author: Christopher M. Moreman ISBN: 9781476632964
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: July 10, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Christopher M. Moreman
ISBN: 9781476632964
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: July 10, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

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.

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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.

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