Il testo in italiano tradotto da Ettore Romagnoli e la versione originale in greco della tragedia di Sofocle che rappresenta come Edipo; lamato e rispettato re di Tebe; apprende che una casualitagrave; ha voluto che esso in passato abbia ucciso il proprio padre per poi sposare quella che in realtagrave; egrave; sua madre; con la quale ha generato dei figli. Accecatosi per punirsi e maledetto dagli dei; esso chiede di andare in esilio.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. In-depth material and a good readBy John SummerlotReally enjoying reading it. It comes at the topic of zombies from so many different angles. It is very dense and not a "light read" unless maybe you are already a literary or film critic and already immersed in their language and philosophy. Im not; but Ive learned a lot in reading it. My only disappointment is that the Zombie Research Center doesnt actually exist and doesnt sell t-shirts.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The Answer to Infection is HereBy CMTWhy should you buy this book? B R A I N S ! And plenty of it for your enjoyment!Witty and punny; this delicious book is teeming with smart essays on the interminable and ubiquitous cultural phenomenon of zombies.What accounts for the never-ending interest in/popularity of zombies? In the intro; Commentale and Jaffe provide lots of interesting reasons (because there are lots of different kinds of zombie). First; therersquo;s our psychological fixation on the way the familiar and securely-seated past has the potential to rise up and become deeply weird. Or on how the stuff we wersquo;ve always loved and desired is actually gross and disgusting. Beyond the personal/psychological; we also seemed to be much more freaked out these days about the larger hazards and risks that we thought were over-and-done-with; such as the soul-destroying operations of global capitalism or the long-term dangers of pollution. Moreover; we now live in a world in which; as the editors say; ldquo;nothing seems to die anymore.rdquo; We spend hours in ldquo;the massive digital crypt;rdquo; exposed to the strange temporality of our electronic world and its terrifyingly infinite archival power. And finally; wersquo;re living in a nightmarish condition that Mad Men tries to sketch out in lighter colors -- the endlessly regenerative nature of commodity culture; its mind-numbing sequels; and next-best-things. This condition has an etymology that includes of course the history of Haiti; the dehumanization of slavery; and the ruined humanity in the wake of imperial conquest.In addition to being an expression of disapproval and critique (we are dead in the midst of life); zombies also seem to be attempts to imagine how to live in the midst of these widespread conditions. Punk appropriations of futureless anarchy; as this book points out; are ways of inhabiting the waste land. Even more punk is the fact that the zombie can do more than point to some well-known meaning or allegorynot; (wersquo;re all mindless consumers; AIDS is gonna get you; your most cherished self is actually a hilariously monstrous and mostly mechanical body); the zombie is the figure who kills the very fantasy of permanent and necessary meanings. And that is so scary that we MUST try to kill the zombie first! Last one to kill is a rotten egg!I havenrsquo;t come close to exhausting the list of topics the collection deals with. Therersquo;s a bunch more: the population bomb; race; biopolitics; outmoded institutions; the persistent humanities; linguistics hellip;. I have not read every single essay yet; but Irsquo;ve come across some great onesmdash;by Jaffe; Commentale; Soldat-Jaffe; and Eburne. When I read more of this awesome collection; I may jump back on and update this review!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Brainy and delicious.By Bryan JamesonA brainy analysis of zombies from the same dudes that brought you "The Years Work in Lebowski;" so you know youre going to get some seriously heady discourse with some biting wit and humor thrown in for good measure. It seems like every month there is a new comic; movie; or TV show about the undead; yet; none get into the guts of being a zombie. This book does a good job of actually exploring the cultural significance and the social commentary that the zombie genre is rooted in and all the contemporary examples arose from. A nice bonus is that the next time you are watching a zombie fight a tiger shark; and playing Zombie Bingo (conveniently located in the introduction); you can try having a meaningful conversation with your bonehead friends. Personally; I wish they included more on Weekend at Bernies 2; but it is refreshing to have an academic book that is both meaty and accessible. I highly recommend it for anyone that enjoys zombie movies (or really any zombie related material); has half a brain; and wants to gain some insight into something theyve only taken at skin level.