History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Collective Behavior, Neil Smelser, Zombie
23 Apr 2016
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The slaves believed that dying meant their souls would be released and would go back to africa. If you died while a slave you would become an undead spirit staying on the plantation. After haitian revolution in 1804 the voodoo slavery black magic zombie appears which is what came to western culture. White zombie - first pop culture reference in the west. Zombie apocalypse theory began to be used as an endgame scenario for international relations and disaster prevention. In the 90s, zombies become a catalyst to get people interested in preparing for a zombie apocalypse as if you are ready for that you can deal with an earthquake. All disasters including zombies: not rational (cant reason with it, unpredictable, don"t understand them, really fast/slow but just keep coming, really ugly. Fear is good but we are usually afraid of the wrong things. We panic at the wrong time, which fucks us over.
