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Author O'Rourke, David K.

Title Demons by definition : social idealism, religious nationalism, and the demonizing of dissent / David K. O'Rourke
Published New York : P. Lang, [1998]
©1998

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Description 147 pages ; 24 cm
Series Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics, 0893-6935 ; vol. 35
Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics ; vol. 35
Contents Different Forms Of Social Idealism -- Constructing Assent And The Context Of Dissent -- The Idealist Mindset -- The Role Of Unity in Utopian Societies -- The Gregorian Reform -- Dissent And Social Unrest -- Scope Of This Essay -- Ch. 1. The Men On Horses, The Men In The Mud -- Ch. 2. The Prophet, The Prosecutor And Monsegur -- Ch. 3. A Tale Of Two City Plans -- Ch. 4. The Porcupine And The Witch -- Ch. 5. Morris And The Technicals -- Ch. 6. The Deadly Chatelain Of Wewelsburg -- Ch. 7. Korematsu And The Clothespin Workers -- Ch. 8. Demons And The American Way Of Life -- Ch. 9. The Pinkertons And The Cowboy
Summary "From the Albigensian Crusades to the wartime incarceration of the Japanese Americans, O'Rourke describes how idealists use language and metaphor to justify the demonization of groups they have defined into dissent. Among the episodes described are the development of the inquisitorial method in medieval Languedoc, the prosecution of women healers in Puritan Massachusetts, the persecution of the early Mormons, and Himmler's blueprint for an SS-owned feudal state in Eastern Europe."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Idealism.
Religious fundamentalism.
Fanaticism.
Dissenters.
Political persecution.
Genre/Form Utopian fiction.
LC no. 98002642
ISBN 0820439282 alkaline paper