Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Justice, Politics, TheologyMoving back to the trial of Anne Hutchinson in Puritan Massachusetts and the captivity narrative of Mary Rowlandson in order to analyse theo-political signification, Loebel provides a new context for examining the politically performative function of language in such texts as "The Scarlet Letter," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and "Waiting for the Verdict." He also argues, however, that a specific theo-logic manifests itself in the political rhetoric of the nation, such that the afterlife of the "New Jerusalem" resonates not just in the "Blessings of Liberty" enshrined in the Constitution but also in the shift from a religious understanding of union with Jesus to that of the Union of States as a nation. Loebel compares unionist and confederate discourse, opening up new ways of theorising representation as a political, theological, legal, and literary issue that has continued currency both in twentieth-century literature and in the political discourse of America's global vision, such as the "axis of evil" and the "new world order." Anyone interested in American literature and culture will view the relationship between ethics and justice differently after reading this book. |
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... Ethical Critique of Justice 127 5 Exodus Politics and the Redemption of Difference 172 6 Rendering Justice in The Grandissimes : Advocacy and Others ' Voices 217 Conclusion : Confederate Democracy and the Non - In - Different ...
... Ethical Critique of Justice 127 5 Exodus Politics and the Redemption of Difference 172 6 Rendering Justice in The Grandissimes : Advocacy and Others ' Voices 217 Conclusion : Confederate Democracy and the Non - In - Different ...
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... ethical persecution can be recognized in the transformative and sometimes traumatizing effects on human language of annunciation and revelation . As a break into identity and time , reve- lation annunciates the priority of the Other for ...
... ethical persecution can be recognized in the transformative and sometimes traumatizing effects on human language of annunciation and revelation . As a break into identity and time , reve- lation annunciates the priority of the Other for ...
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... ethical expression of justice , the be- lief that American democracy is specifically constituted in and for justice , and the liturgical approach to the hermeneutics of constitutional lan- guage manifest themselves as redemptive ...
... ethical expression of justice , the be- lief that American democracy is specifically constituted in and for justice , and the liturgical approach to the hermeneutics of constitutional lan- guage manifest themselves as redemptive ...
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... ethical stakes . If in political philosophy , democracy and justice can only represent their ideals and so live in the tension of trial and realization , theology re- minds how that structure is constitutive of humanity itself , as ...
... ethical stakes . If in political philosophy , democracy and justice can only represent their ideals and so live in the tension of trial and realization , theology re- minds how that structure is constitutive of humanity itself , as ...
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... ethical relation to revelation when one is faced with the jus- tice of sentencing ? - which I mean as the translation of what is not of human language into something communicable and understandable . Employing Emmanuel Levinas's terms ...
... ethical relation to revelation when one is faced with the jus- tice of sentencing ? - which I mean as the translation of what is not of human language into something communicable and understandable . Employing Emmanuel Levinas's terms ...
Contents
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How to Avoid Speaking the Name of the Father | 62 |
UnionistRepublican and ConfederateDemocratic Narratives | 99 |
Uncle Toms Cabin and the Ethical Critique of Justice | 127 |
5 Exodus Politics and the Redemption of Difference | 172 |
Advocacy and Others Voices | 217 |
Confederate Democracy and the NonInDifferent Constitution | 245 |
Notes | 257 |
Works Cited | 273 |
Index | 289 |
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