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The Babylon Complex - Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty (Hardcover)
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The Babylon Complex - Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty (Hardcover)
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Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in U.S. 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 U.S. 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 remarkable book complicates our understanding of how the Bible
affects U.S political ideals and subjectivities.
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