Enemies of all humankind : fictions of legitimate violence / Sonja Schillings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schillings, Sonja, author.

Series:

Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studies.

Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Violence in literature.

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Pirates in literature.

Violence--Philosophy.

Violence.

Civilization--Philosophy--History.

Civilization.

Civilization--Philosophy.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 287 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Violence in Anglo-American modernity

Place of Publication:

Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press, 2017.

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schillings, Sonja, author. Enemies of all humankind

ISBN:

9781512600155

1512600156

9781512600162

1512600164

OCLC:

945648753