Hunt the Devil : A Demonology of US War Culture /

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Hunt the Devil is a timely and illuminating exploration of demonic imagery in US war culture. In it, authors Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner examine the origins of the Devil figure in the national psyche and review numerous examples from US history of the demonization of America' s perceived opp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ivie, Robert L.
Otros Autores: Giner, Oscar, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War and society.
Tricksters.
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
Imagery (Psychology)
Demonology.
HISTORY > United States > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
imagery.
Guerre et societe > États-Unis.
Imagerie (Psychologie)
Demonologie > États-Unis.
Discours politique > États-Unis.
Imagery, Psychotherapy
War and society > United States.
Demonology > United States.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Hunt the Devil is a timely and illuminating exploration of demonic imagery in US war culture. In it, authors Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner examine the origins of the Devil figure in the national psyche and review numerous examples from US history of the demonization of America' s perceived opponents. Their analysis demonstrates that American military deployments are often part of a cycle of mythical projection wherein the Devil repeatedly appears anew and must be exorcised through redemptive acts of war, even at the cost of curtailing democratic values. Meticulously researched, documented, an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (207 pages).
ISBN:9780817388195

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