The Babylon complex: theopolitical fantasies of war, sex, and sovereignty

Looks at the biblical figure of Babylon as it appears in U.S. culture from 2001-2011 in politics, media, war, and sexual regulation; analyzes allusions to Babylon as part of a larger response to the erosion of national sovereignty within economic globalization.

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Main Author: Runions, Erin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Fordham University Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Runions, Erin, The Babylon Complex] (2016) (Stone, Ken, 1962 -)
Further subjects:B Christian sociology - United States - History - 21st century
B Christian Sociology (United States) History 21st century
B Sex Religious aspects Christianity
B Church and state (United States) History 21st century
B Sovereignty Religious aspects Christianity
B Electronic books
B War Religious aspects Christianity
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Summary:Looks at the biblical figure of Babylon as it appears in U.S. culture from 2001-2011 in politics, media, war, and sexual regulation; analyzes allusions to Babylon as part of a larger response to the erosion of national sovereignty within economic globalization.
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Babylon and the Crisis of Sovereignty -- 1. From Babel to Biopolitics: Josephus, Theodemocracy, and the Regulation of Pleasure -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0823257339