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Book/Printed Material Enemies of all humankind : fictions of legitimate violence Violence in Anglo-American modernity

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Title

  • Enemies of all humankind : fictions of legitimate violence

Other Title

  • Violence in Anglo-American modernity

Summary

  • "Provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence against 'enemies of civilization' " -- Provided by the publisher

Names

  • Schillings, Sonja, author.

Created / Published

  • Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2017]
  • ©2017

Contents

  • 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.

Headings

  • -  American fiction--History and criticism
  • -  Civilization--Philosophy--History
  • -  English literature--History and criticism
  • -  Pirates in literature
  • -  Violence in literature
  • -  Violence--Philosophy
  • -  Enemies of civilization
  • -  Enemy of mankind

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-278) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (x, 287 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS374.V58

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019667986

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Schillings, Sonja, Author. Enemies of All Humankind: Fictions of Legitimate Violence. [Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press, ©, 2017] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667986/.

APA citation style:

Schillings, S. (2017) Enemies of All Humankind: Fictions of Legitimate Violence. [Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667986/.

MLA citation style:

Schillings, Sonja, Author. Enemies of All Humankind: Fictions of Legitimate Violence. [Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press, ©, 2017] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667986/>.