(I suspect the whole ‘zombie survival plan’ fad helped popularize the concept)
The Cold War seems like a far better cause for Doomsday preparedness. I wonder if, when the risk of nuclear war lowered, all the built up worry transferred over to “zombie survival,” as that’s something that I haven’t quite figured out the psychological motive behind.
The zombie becomes the externalization of the ambivalence of mourning.
Yes, it’s psycho-speak, but if you read the article he breaks it down a bit better, and even explains what the transition point between Cold War zombies and modern day zombies was (in his opinion).
I’m a fan of TLP, but I think my question is somewhat different. Zombie media and daydreaming about zombie survival strike me as very different things. If someone buys a gun or an axe because they think it’ll be useful when zombies strike- what’s going on there? It doesn’t seem like disguised preparation for a race war, say, because there doesn’t seem to be an actual element of fear, just a mimicking of fictional people who have their acts together. Maybe humor is relevant- if it’s “fun” to plan what’ll happen when the world ends, that seems different from sober-faced worriers building bunkers.
The Cold War seems like a far better cause for Doomsday preparedness. I wonder if, when the risk of nuclear war lowered, all the built up worry transferred over to “zombie survival,” as that’s something that I haven’t quite figured out the psychological motive behind.
According to The Last Psychiatrist:
Yes, it’s psycho-speak, but if you read the article he breaks it down a bit better, and even explains what the transition point between Cold War zombies and modern day zombies was (in his opinion).
I’m a fan of TLP, but I think my question is somewhat different. Zombie media and daydreaming about zombie survival strike me as very different things. If someone buys a gun or an axe because they think it’ll be useful when zombies strike- what’s going on there? It doesn’t seem like disguised preparation for a race war, say, because there doesn’t seem to be an actual element of fear, just a mimicking of fictional people who have their acts together. Maybe humor is relevant- if it’s “fun” to plan what’ll happen when the world ends, that seems different from sober-faced worriers building bunkers.
Hm.