03334oam 22006494a 450 991016664830332120230621141107.09781512600179(ebook)9781512600155(hardback)9781512600162(paperback)(CKB)3710000001092116(MiAaPQ)EBC5695016(MiAaPQ)EBC4977820(Au-PeEL)EBL4977820(CaONFJC)MIL964858(OCoLC)1024266981(OCoLC)957057178(MdBmJHUP)muse53040(EXLCZ)99371000000109211620160818d2016 uy 0engurmn#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnemies of All HumankindFictions of Legitimate Violence /Sonja SchillingsHanover, N.H. :Dartmouth College Press,2016.©2016.1 online resource (x, 287 pages)Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studiesPrint version: 9781512600155 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."Provides a narrative basis for legitimating violence against 'enemies of civilization' " --Provided by the publisherRe-Mapping the Transnational: a Dartmouth Series in American StudiesCivilizationPhilosophyHistoryViolencePhilosophyPirates in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticismViolence in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticismElectronic books. Enemies of civilization.Enemy of mankind.CivilizationPhilosophyHistory.ViolencePhilosophy.Pirates in literature.English literatureHistory and criticism.Violence in literature.American fictionHistory and criticism.813.009/355Schillings Sonja960883MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUP9910166648303321Enemies of all humankind2178329UNINA