Description: Babylon Complex : Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty, Hardcover by Runions, Erin, ISBN 0823257339, ISBN-13 9780823257331, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in . 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 to unity, Tea Party warnings about equality, and religious advocacy for family values. A composite biblical figure, Babylon is used to celebrate diversity and also to condemn it, to sell sexuality and to regulate it, to galvanize war and to worry about imperialism. Erin Runions explores the significance of these shifts and contradictions, arguing that together they reveal a theopolitics that tries to balance the drive for . dominance with the countervailing ideals and subjectivities of economic globalization. Examining the confluence of cultural formations, biblical interpretations, and (bio)political philosophies, The Babylon Complex shows how theopolitical arguments for war, sexual regulation, and political control both assuage and contribute to anxieties about waning national sovereignty. Theoretically sophisticated and engaging, this remarkabl complicates our understanding of how the Bible affects . political ideals and subjectivities.
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Book Title: Babylon Complex : Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2014
Topic: Ancient / General, Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Religion, Politics & State
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, History
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Author: Erin Runions
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
