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Terrors of the Flesh: The Philosophy of Body Horror in Film

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"The horror and psychological denial of our mortality, along with the corruptibility of our flesh, are persistent themes in drama. Body horror films have intensified these themes in increasingly graphic terms. The aesthetic of body horror has its origins in the ideas of the Marquis de Sade and the existential philosophies of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, all of whom demonstrated that we have just cause to be anxious about our physical reality and its existence in the world. This book examines the relationship ...

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Terrors of the Flesh: The Philosophy of Body Horror in Film 2020, McFarland & Company, Jefferson

ISBN-13: 9781476682181

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