The Babylon Complex : : Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty / / Erin Runions.
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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| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Babylon and the Crisis of Sovereignty
- 1. From Babel to Biopolitics: Josephus, Theodemocracy, and the Regulation of Plea sure
- 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