商品簡介
Gibson (communication and journalism, U. of New Mexico) argues that the popular belief that serial murder is a recent phenomena is incorrect and that pre-modern people could be and sometimes were sociopaths. As a kind of defense mechanism against the unbearable thought of such inhumanity, supernatural beings like vampires, witches and werewolves arise in the popular imagination to explain serial murders. Gibson documents 14 cases of pre-modern serial murder where the perpetrator is either (erroneously) mythologized into one of those supernatural beings or was, in fact, an aristocrat abusing their power or a commercial killer. A final chapter analyzes the data explored in the earlier chapters and concludes with restatement of his thesis, admission of some unusual findings, and some reservations. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Dirk C. Gibson is associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
