The Babylon Complex : Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty /

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Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in U.S. culture and politics. Political citations of Babylon range widely, from torture at Abu Ghraib to depictions of Hollywood glamour and decadence. In political discourse, Babylon appears in conservative ruminations on democratic law, liberal appeals...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Runions, Erin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Christian sociology > United States > History > 21st century.
Church and state > United States > History > 21st century.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Christianity.
War > Religious aspects > Christianity.
American Studies.
Political Science.
Religion.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics.
Babel.
Babylon.
Theopolitics.
biopolitics.
detranscendentalize.
globalization.
queer theory.
sexuality.
torture.
violence.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Babylon and the Crisis of Sovereignty
  • 1. From Babel to Biopolitics: Josephus, Theodemocracy, and the Regulation of Plea sure
  • 2. Bellicose Dreams: Babylon and Exception to Law
  • 3. Tolerating Babel: Biopolitics, Film, and Family
  • 4. Revenge on Babylon: Literalist Allegory, Scripture, Torture
  • 5. Who Lives in Babylon? The Gay Antichrist as Political Enemy
  • 6. Babelian Scripture: A Queerly Sublime Ethics of Reading
  • Postlude: Roads to Babel
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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