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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Autor principal: Runions, Erin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church and state.
Christian sociology.
Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Souverainete > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Sexualite > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Sociologie religieuse > Christianisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Église et État > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Christian sociology > United States > History > 21st century.
Church and state > United States > History > 21st century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Babylon and the Crisis of Sovereignty; 1. From Babel to Biopolitics: Josephus, Theodemocracy, and the Regulation of Pleasure; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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