Empire of Sacrifice : Violence and the Sacred in American Culture
American self-understanding has been brutally efficient in producing ?innocent domination? (Pahl 2012b). Throughout American history, death-dealing, pursued as a matter of public policy, has been cloaked repeatedly in a sacralizing aura of rhetorical innocence. According to this ?exceptionalist? nar...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Can we survive our origins?
Année: 2015, Pages: 71-94 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Victime (Religion)
B Violence |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | American self-understanding has been brutally efficient in producing ?innocent domination? (Pahl 2012b). Throughout American history, death-dealing, pursued as a matter of public policy, has been cloaked repeatedly in a sacralizing aura of rhetorical innocence. According to this ?exceptionalist? narrative, usually asserted in direct contrast to the evidence, killing is an unfortunate accident, ?collateral damage? in the otherwise noble history of American progress. American domination, even and especially where violently pursued, is innocent . Usually, this killing is dressed up as sacrifice,? i.e., as heroic and costly self-dedication to an ideal or value (Denton-Borhaug 2011). The trope is remarkably mobile?and exceptionally |
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| ISBN: | 9781628960341 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Can we survive our origins?
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14321/j.ctt14bs0q3.9 |
