A Posthuman Vampire: Rational Science and Racial Views in Bram Stoker's Dracula
2020, Social Sciences Research Journal
This article delves into the anthropocentric dichotomy between mind and body, furthered in the Enlightenment philosophies as an alleged divide between culture and nature. With a specific focus on the embodiment of nature and culture in Dracula, it elaborates on the posthumanist portrayal of the tyrannical male. By formulating a deep contrast between the cultured white English society and natural instinctual non-white community, the novel also hints at colonial ideology. Within this framework, this article illustrates an analysis of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) with a focal point on the illustration of the collapse of rational sciences and the existence of racial discrimination.
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