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245 10 a| Enemies of all humankindh| [electronic resource] :b| fictions of legitimate violence /c| Sonja Schillings.;

246 30 a| Violence in Anglo-American modernity;

260 a| Hanover, New Hampshire :b| Dartmouth College Press,c| [2017];

300 a| x, 287 pages ;c| 25 cm.;

490 0 a| Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studies;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-278) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

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538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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

Author/creator	Schillings, Sonja
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2017]
Description	x, 287 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	American fiction--History and criticism. Violence in literature. English literature--History and criticism. Pirates in literature. Violence--Philosophy. Civilization--Philosophy. --History.

Portion of title	Violence in Anglo-American modernity
Series	Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studies
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.
Abstract	"Provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence against 'enemies of civilization' " -- Provided by the publisher
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-278) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016019825
ISBN	9781512600155 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1512600156 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781512600162 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	1512600164 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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