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My friend thinks that I am bonkers for raising the topic of zombies, but I think that the idea of the zombie works as a metaphor at many lavels - the lumpen proletariate, stumbling through late-capitalism, being just one.

 

If I could just think of a  product that zombies could consume, (other than human flesh).  I could open up a whole new market, and make a fortune!

 

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On 8 June 2013 09:51, seren griffiths <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Are there also important differences between zombies and Frankenstein in terms of concept of individual and conciousness? While both reworkings of human tissue interesting distinctions

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On 8 Jun 2013, at 09:40, "James Symonds" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Zombies are proliferating in film and games, but are arguably quite a recent phenomenon, dating from a 1968 US film, according to some authorities.

 

The idea of zombies is now being used to question ideas about mind and consciousness by philosophers. See the fascinating work of Prof David Chalmers:

 

http://consc.net/zombies.html

 

Maybe we could have a Zombie CHAT conference sometime?

 

 

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Dr James Symonds FSA, FSA SCOT, MiFA

YAT Fellow in Historical Archaeology

Department of Archaeology

University of York

The King's Manor

York Y01 7EP

UK

 

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Email: [log in to unmask]

Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/james-symonds/

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