Literature and Social Pathologies: Ahab’s Masculinity as a Distortion of Care and Faith

This article examines Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick using the lens of care and faith, with the aim of depicting a pathological type of masculinity represented by the character of Captain Ahab. I situate Melville’s novel in a culture where liberalism, capitalism, and imperialism were dominant sem...

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Main Author: LaMothe, Ryan 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2023
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2023, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-63
Further subjects:B Masculinity
B Book review
B Ahab
B Imperialism
B Pastoral Theology
B Faith
B Care
B Moby-Dick
B Capitalism
B Liberalism
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