Political Myth - On the Use and Abuse of Biblical Themes

Informationen zum Autor Roland Boer Klappentext Develops a theory of political myth for leftist politics out of the biblical story of creation and the conquest of the Promised Land (the Bible from Genesis to Joshua), with particular attention to Marxist economics, psychoanalytic accounts of fantasy, an Zusammenfassung 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: Boer, Roland Boer, Roland Boer
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2009
• EAN: 9780822343356
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4335-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology; New Slant; New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology; New Slant: Religion, Politics,
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education