The Babylon Complex Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty
The Babylon Complex Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty
- ISBN 13:
9780823257331
- ISBN 10:
0823257339
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 04/03/2014
- Publisher: Fordham University Press
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Summary
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.