Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Surekha Davies to explore the history of humanity through the study of monsters. Created by humans to explain their world and each other for centuries, monsters not only tell a story of human history, but they offer a glimpse into our future as well.

 

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Introductions

10:29 - Boundaries of Humanity and Otherness

22:47 - The Role of Women in Monstrosity

26:15 - The Impact of Imagination on Reproduction

32:08 - Empathy and the Nature of Humanity

36:44 - The Evolution of Terrorism and Identity

40:28 - Storytelling and Empathy in Human Behavior

43:16 - Gender, Identity, and the Human Experience

45:48 - The Line Between Humans and Animals

50:53 - The Significance of the Book Cover Design

56:52 - Mostrophuturism: A New Perspective on Identity

EPISODE LINKS:

Dr. Surekha Davies – https://www.surekhadavies.org/

Humans: A Monstrous History – https://www.ucpress.edu/books/humans/hardcover

Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/renaissance-ethnography-and-the-invention-of-the-human/231E1484C8DCCD3568D27C1FA87FBF38

“Preparing for Discovery: A Rational Approach to the Impact of Finding Microbial, Complex or Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” (2:48:44) - https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689520/

Jamaica Slave Code - https://slaverylawpower.org/nhprc-sample-documents/jamaica-slave-code-governing/

The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women by John Knox - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/9660/9660-h/9660-h.htm

René Descartes - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/

Burning of the U.S. Capitol - https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-british-set-fire-to-washington-d-c#:~:text=The%20British%20troops%20set%20fire,out%20at%20the%20White%20House.)

Man, The Gorilla, and The Bear, 1860 - https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/man-the-gorilla-and-the-bear

Split-brain behavioral experiments - https://youtu.be/ZMLzP1VCANo?si=o472DeIZ2yBBA-yz

 

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