Unspeakable Things Unspoken: An Irigarayan Reading of Otherness and Victimization in Judges 19–21 - Couverture souple

Hamley, Isabelle M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532649746 ISBN 13 : 9781532649745

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2019

Synopsis

The story of the raped and murdered woman of Judges 19 and the civil war and mass marriage that ensue in chapters 20–21 are hardly favorite tales of the Hebrew Bible. The chapters have often been dismissed as little more than an anachronistic epilogue, an awkward amalgamation of earlier stories or a “text of terror,” proof of patriarchal oppression. This book argues that, far from being a clumsy collage, Judges 19–21 is a carefully narrated tale that chronicles the descent of a nation into extreme individualism and fragmentation. In dialogue with continental philosopher Luce Irigaray, it will uncover the dynamics of identity formation and how differential constructions of identity of the One and the Other yield patterns of victimization and justification of violence. This literary-philosophical reading will bring out silences and missed possibilities for the subjectivity of women, whilst also shedding light on the victimization of men within the logic of totalitarian identity constructions. The end of Judges therefore offers a theological conclusion to the book as a whole and opens up avenues for thought on theological anthropology, understandings of identity and gender, and a theological commentary on violence.

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À propos de l'auteur

Isabelle M. Hamley is currently Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, having previously held posts at St John's College Nottingham and the University of Nottingham.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532649746
• ISBN 13: 9781532649745
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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• Personne responsable: non disponible