Who Are the Cannibals?: A Manifesto
Cannibalism is almost instinctively horrifying. Indeed, the notion of eating ourselves remains one of our greatest taboos. Thinking of it, one is almost immediately dismayed, unsettled, repulsed. Even mentioning it may cause one to squirm. But cannibalism is above all a cultural metaphor for savagery or depravity, or a satiric tool suggesting the tendency of systems or cultures to destroy themselves. It is a method of satirizing civility or exposing its lack. But why does can