Format:
x, 287 Seiten
ISBN:
9781512600155
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9781512600162
Series Statement:
Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American studies
Uniform Title:
Hostis humani generis and the narrative construction of legitimate violence
Content:
"Provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence against 'enemies of civilization' " --
Content:
Introduction -- The emperor and the pirate: legitimate violence as a modern dilemma. Augustine of Hippo: The city of God; Charles Johnson: A general history of the pyrates; Charles Ellms: The pirates' own book -- Race, space, and the formation of the hostis humani generis constellation. Piratae and praedones: the racialization of hostis humani generis; John Locke, William Blackstone, and the invader in the state of nature; Hostis humani generis and the American historical novel: James Fenimore Cooper's The deerslayer -- The American civilization thesis: internalizing the other. The frontier thesis as a third model of civilization; The democratic frontiersman and the totalitarian leviathan; Free agency and the pure woman paradox; The foundational pirata in Richard Wright's Native son -- "It is underneath us": the planetary zone in between as an American dilemma; The institutional frontier: a new type of criminal; Who is innocent? the later Cold War years; Moshin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist and the War on Terror -- Conclusion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin 2014
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781512600179
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Schillings, Sonja, author Enemies of all humankind Hanover, N.H : Dartmouth College Press, 2016
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Literatur
;
Gewalt
;
Seeräuber
;
Geschichte
;
Hochschulschrift
