David Wengrow, The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press 2013), 184 pp. ISBN: 9-780-6911-5904-1. $42.00/£34.95 hbk.

Authors

  • Maurice Bloch London School of Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.34148

Keywords:

Cultural Epidemiology, Cognition, Ancient History, Monstrous Composites

Abstract

David Wengrow, The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press 2013), 184 pp. ISBN: 9-780-6911-5904-1. $42.00/£34.95 hbk.

Author Biography

  • Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics

    Maurice Bloch, Professor Emeritus in Anthropology, London School of Economics, London, UK

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Published

2018-03-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (2016): Special Issue: Digital Humanities, Cognitive Historiography , and the Study of Religion

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Bloch, M. (2018). David Wengrow, The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press 2013), 184 pp. ISBN: 9-780-6911-5904-1. $42.00/£34.95 hbk. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 3(1-2), 208-210. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.34148