| Description |
1 online resource (313 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 to unity, Tea Party warnings about equality, and religious advocacy for family values. A composite biblical figure, Babylon is used to celebrate diversity and also to condemn it, to sell sexuality and to regulate it, to galvanize war and to worry about imperialism. Erin Runions explores the signific |
| Analysis |
Babel |
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Babylon |
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Theopolitics |
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biopolitics |
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detranscendentalize |
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globalization |
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queer theory |
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sexuality |
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torture |
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violence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church and state -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Christian sociology -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sovereignty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sovereignty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Christian sociology
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Church and state
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823257379 |
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0823257371 |
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