37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of Horror

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Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

Clif Mark

47 episodes

9 months ago

This episode is a crossover collabo with Graham Culbertson of the Everyday Anarchism podcast. Graham asked me over to talk Athenian democracy, Plato, anarchism and how modern meritocratic education sucks. We had a nice time with it and hope you do too. Support the show

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37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of Horror

Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

36 minutes

4 years ago

37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of Horror

Grizzly bears are scary. But what about zombie grizzly bears? What’s makes something horrifying rather than just frightening? Paul has a theory. It turns out that humans have a psychological way of organizing the world that also creates the possibility of getting really creeped-out. It helps explain the horror of the zombie grizzly why the old Dracula was creepier than Twilight and how war propaganda can turn enemies into monsters. ReferencesDavid Livingstone-Smith (philosopher wher...