The Babylon complex: theopolitical fantasies of war, sex, and sovereignty
Following allusions to Babylon in secular and religious discourse in the decade after 9.11, this book explores the complicated influence of the Bible on U.S. political thought. Runions shows that the Babylon complex contends with anxieties about the loss of political sovereignty in economic globaliz...
| Summary: | Following allusions to Babylon in secular and religious discourse in the decade after 9.11, this book explores the complicated influence of the Bible on U.S. political thought. Runions shows that the Babylon complex contends with anxieties about the loss of political sovereignty in economic globalization, while encouraging the very market forces that undermine sovereignty Introduction : Babylon and the crisis of sovereignty -- From Babel to biopolitics : Josephus, theodemocracy, and the regulation of pleasure -- Bellicose dreams : Babylon and exception to law -- Tolerating Babel : biopolitics, film, and family -- Revenge on Babylon : literalist allegory, Scripture, torture -- Who lives in Babylon? The gay Antichrist as political enemy -- Babelian scripture: a queerly sublime ethics of reading -- Postlude : roads to Babel |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 302 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0823257371 |