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What the dead, the uncanny and the monstrous tell us about human nature

  • Written by Jue Liang, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University
What the dead, the uncanny and the monstrous tell us about human natureA scroll illustrating the realm of the hungry ghosts, one of the six realms in Buddhist cosmology.Kyoto National Museum via Wikimedia Commons

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