Monster Theory

The scholar, author, teacher, and environmental humanist Jeffrey Jerome Cohen has proposed a "method of reading cultures from the monsters they engender." He contends that a monster can be described by the seven theses:
 * 1) The Monster's Body is a Cultural Body
 * 2) The Monster Always Escapes
 * 3) The Monster Is the Harbinger of Category Crisis
 * 4) The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Difference
 * 5) The Monster Polices the Borders of the Possible
 * 6) Fear of the Monster is Really a Kind of Desire
 * 7) The Monster Stands at the Threshold... of Becoming