Enemies of All Humankind : Fictions of Legitimate Violence /

"Provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence against 'enemies of civilization' "--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schillings, Sonja (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Violence > Philosophy.
Violence in literature.
Pirates in literature.
English literature.
Civilization > Philosophy.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Civilisation > Philosophie > Histoire.
Violence > Philosophie.
Pirates dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Violence dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Histoire et critique.
Civilization > Philosophy > History.
English literature > History and criticism.
American fiction > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The emperor and the pirate: legitimate violence as a modern dilemma. Augustine of Hippo: The city of God; Charles Johnson: A general history of the pyrates; Charles Ellms: The pirates' own book
  • Race, space, and the formation of the hostis humani generis constellation. Piratae and praedones: the racialization of hostis humani generis; John Locke, William Blackstone, and the invader in the state of nature; Hostis humani generis and the American historical novel: James Fenimore Cooper's The deerslayer
  • The American civilization thesis: internalizing the other. The frontier thesis as a third model of civilization; The democratic frontiersman and the totalitarian leviathan; Free agency and the pure woman paradox; The foundational pirata in Richard Wright's Native son
  • "It is underneath us": the planetary zone in between as an American dilemma; The institutional frontier: a new type of criminal; Who is innocent? the later Cold War years; Moshin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist and the War on Terror
  • Conclusion.

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