Episode 39: How Do Humans Invent Monsters?

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Episode 39: How Do Humans Invent Monsters?

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People define what they mean by human by defining where human ends. On this episode, we’re going to explore the history of humans and monsters. When exploring the history of monsters, it’s easy to see them as a literary or folk construct. Yet to truly understand the importance of monsters in the history of humanity, one must look at them through the window of how humans see themselves. As the author Terry Pratchett once wrote:"It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? " Guest Dr. Surekha Davies is a British historian of science, speaker, historical-monster consultant. She is the author of Humans: A Monstrous History (University of California Press, 2025), one of History Today’s “Best Books of the Year 2025,” and the prizewinning Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human: New Worlds, Maps and Monsters (Cambridge University Press). Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Foreign Policy, the Times Literary Supplement, Nature, Science, Aeon, Reactor, and elsewhere. She has worked as a history professor and a British Library Map Library curator. She now writes, speaks, and consults on topics. This includes the categories of human and monster in science, the arts, and society; knowledge and media revolutions; and the age of European exploration. She writes a free newsletter, Strange and Wondrous: Notes from a Science Historian. Cats present Cecilia Do you like our podcast? Then please leave us a review, it helps us a lot! Host: Gareth Edwards More about Gareth Edwards: https://battleguide.co.uk/untitled-history#host To comment and ask questions, please join our community: https://untitled-history.com/supporters Use our code: Rabbit and get one month free as a Captain, or join as a free member. Support via Paypal: http://battleguide.co.uk/untitled-paypal Merchandise and Shop: https://untitled-history.com/collections/all Our WW1 Podcast: @NSQPod Our WW2 Podcast: @BSOWPod Battle Guide YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BattleGuideVT If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what the team at Battle Guide have been getting up to, why not sign up to our monthly newsletter: https://battleguide.co.uk/newsletter Gareth socials BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/garius.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mastodon.me.uk/@garius Battle Guide Twitter: https://x.com/BattleguideVT General Enquiries: untitled@battleguide.co.uk Credits: - Host: Gareth Edwards - Editing: Linus Klaßen - Production: Linus Klaßen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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