Boer / Davis / Goodchild Political Myth

On the Use and Abuse of Biblical Themes
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9005-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten

Reihe: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology

A scholar of biblical studies and cultural theory develops a political myth for the Left based on foundational stories in the Bibles first six books, from Genesis through Joshua.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boer, Roland

Davis, Creston

Goodchild, Philip

Surin, Kenneth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Introduction 1

1. Toward a Theory of Political Myth 9

2. Women First? On the Legacy of "Primitive Communism" 36

3. The Fantasy of Myth 62

4. The Sacred Economy 89

5. Foreign Policy and the Fantasy of Israel in Australia 116

6. Christianity, Capitalism, and the Fantasy of Israel in the United States 144

7. Mythmaking for the Left 168

Conclusion 189

Appendix 193

Notes 213

Bibliography 227

Indexes 245

Über Autor(innen)

Roland Boer is a Research Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His many books include Rescuing the Bible, Criticism of Heaven: On Marxism and Theology, Marxist Criticism of the Bible, Last Stop before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia, and Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: The Bible and Popular Culture. He is the founding editor of the journal The Bible and Critical Theory.