Dharma of the Dead: Zombies, Mortality and Buddhist Philosophy

by Christopher M Moreman and Christopher M. Moreman

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476672490
• ISBN13: 9781476672496
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher