Author: Benjamin Lamb-Books File Type: pdf This book is an original application of rhetoric and moral-emotions theory to the sociology of social movements. It promotes a new interdisciplinary vision of what social movements are, why they exist, and how they succeed in attaining momentum over time. Deepening the affective dimension of cultural sociology, this work draws upon the social psychology of human emotion and interpersonal communication. Specifically, the book revolves around the topic of anger as a unique moral emotion that can be made to play crucial motivational and generative functions in protest. The chapters develop a new theory of the emotional power of protest rhetoric, including how abolitionist performances of heterodoxic racial and gender status imaginaries contributed to the escalation of the sectional conflict over American slavery. **From the Back Cover This book is an original application of rhetoric and moral-emotions theory to the sociology of social movements. It promotes a new interdisciplinary vision of what social movements are, why they exist, and how they succeed in attaining momentum over time. Deepening the affective dimension of cultural sociology, this work draws upon the social psychology of human emotion and interpersonal communication. Specifically, the book revolves around the topic of anger as a unique moral emotion that can be made to play crucial motivational and generative functions in protest. The chapters develop a new theory of the emotional power of protest rhetoric, including how abolitionist performances of heterodoxic racial and gender status imaginaries contributed to the escalation of the sectional conflict over American slavery. About the Author Benjamin Lamb-Books received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He is an invited contributor to the second edition of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, and his previous writings have appeared in Social Movement Studies and Thesis Eleven.

Author: Slavoj Žižek File Type: pdf In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about the biblical injunction, first articulated in Leviticus 1918 and then elaborated in Christian teachings, to love ones neighbor as oneself. Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it, he proposed, as though we were hearing it for the first time we shall be unable then to suppress a feeling of surprise and bewilderment. After the horrors of World War II, the Holocaust, Stalinism, and Yugoslavia, Leviticus 1918 seems even less conceivablebut all the more urgent nowthan Freud imagined. In The Neighbor, three of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-love opens questions that are fundamental to ethical inquiry and that suggest a new theological configuration of political theory. Their three extended essays explore todays central historical problem the persistence of the theological in the political. In Towards a Political Theology of the Neighbor, Kenneth Reinhard supplements Carl Schmitts political theology of the enemy and friend with a political theology of the neighbor based in psychoanalysis. In Miracles Happen, Eric L. Santner extends the books exploration of neighbor-love through a bracing reassessment of Benjamin and Rosenzweig. And in an impassioned plea for ethical violence, Slavoj Zizeks Neighbors and Other Monsters reconsiders the idea of excess to rehabilitate a positive sense of the inhuman and challenge the influence of Levinas on contemporary ethical thought. A rich and suggestive account of the interplay between love and hate, self and other, personal and political, The Neighbor will prove to be a touchstone across the humanities and a crucial text for understanding the persistence of political theology in secular modernity.** In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud made abundantly clear what he thought about the biblical injunction, first articulated in Leviticus 1918 and then elaborated in Christian teachings, to love ones neighbor as oneself. Let us adopt a naive attitude towards it, he proposed, as though we were hearing it for the first time we shall be unable then to suppress a feeling of surprise and bewilderment. After the horrors of World War II, the Holocaust, and Stalinism, Leviticus 1918 seems even less conceivablebut all the more urgent nowthan Freud imagined. In The Neighbor, three of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how this problem of neighbor-love opens questions that are fundamental to ethical inquiry and that suggest a new theological configuration of political theory. Their three extended essays explore todays central historical problem the persistence of the theological in the political. In Toward a Political Theology of the Neighbor, Kenneth Reinhard supplements Carl Schmitts political theology of the enemy and friend with a political theology of the neighbor based in psychoanalysis. In Miracles Happen, Eric L. Santner extends the books exploration of neighbor-love through a bracing reassessment of Benjamin and Rosenzweig. And in an impassioned plea for ethical violence, Slavoj Zizeks Neighbors and Other Monsters reconsiders the idea of excess to rehabilitate a positive sense of the inhuman and challenge the influence of Levinas on contemporary ethical thought. A rich and suggestive account of the interplay between love and hate, self and other, personal and political, The Neighbor has proven to be a touchstone across the humanities and a crucial text for understanding the persistence of political theology in secular modernity. This new edition contains a new preface by the authors.

Author: Efraín Agosto File Type: pdf This book examines the conjunction between migration and biblical texts with a focus on Latinx histories and experiences. Essays reflect upon Latinxs, the Bible, and migration in different ways some consider how the Bible is used in the midst of, or in response to, Latinx experiences and histories of migration some use Latinx histories and experiences of migration to examine Biblical texts in both First and Second Testaments some consider the Bible as a phenomenological set of texts that respond to andor compel migration. Cultural, literary, and postcolonial theories inform the analysis, as does the exploration of how migrant groups themselves scripturalize their biblical and cultural texts. **Review They have come from Latin America and the Caribbean fleeing drug violence, poverty, political unrest, natural disasters, or in hope of providing a better future for their children. With crushing immigration crises at our border and in our neighborhoods, Christians must turn to Scripture to discern their responsibilities and articulate their voice. We need creative, bold, exploratory theological reflection desde y con nuestra comunidad. This volume offers that. Read, learn, argue, be stretched get involved!. (M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas), Wheaton College, USA) Agosto and Hidalgo have compiled an excellent collection of essays on the intersection of biblical interpretation and migration. With a focus on reading the Bible with and about migrants, the volume introduces fresh topics pertaining to gender violence, masculinity, children concerns, and food and environmental issues. Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration is essential reading across a variety of (inter) disciplines, and a timely volume that encourages readers to think more deeply and broadly about migration. (Lozada Jr., Brite Divinity School, USA) From the Back Cover This book examines the conjunction between migration and biblical texts with a focus on Latinx histories and experiences. Essays reflect upon Latinxs, the Bible, and migration in different ways some consider how the Bible is used in the midst of, or in response to, Latinx experiences and histories of migration some use Latinx histories and experiences of migration to examine Biblical texts in both First and Second Testaments some consider the Bible as a phenomenological set of texts that respond to andor compel migration. Cultural, literary, and postcolonial theories inform the analysis, as does the exploration of how migrant groups themselves scripturalize their biblical and cultural texts.

Author: Robert J. Wagner File Type: mobi From Publishers WeeklyActor and producer Wagner begins this engaging memoir by recalling his childhood fascination with movies and the Hollywood community. Determined to become a part of that world, in 1942, at age 12, he worked as a golf caddy, struggling to make contact with those who could help him. As an 18-year-old Fox contract player, he got a foothold with minor roles I wasnt very good in this period, but I was diligent. Soon he scored with Prince Valiant in 1954, and A Kiss Before Dying, thus beginning a six-decade career in theater, television series and more than 100 movies. His rule of thumb Find smart people and listen to them. Along the way, he realized friends and family were equally as important as show business, and he writes with fondness and humor about his close friendships with David Niven and others while painting a backdrop of Hollywood in transition. As for the women in Wagners life, he details one-night stands, his four-year affair with Barbara Stanwyck (who was twice his age) and his four marriages (twice to Natalie Wood). His love for Wood threads throughout, and his memory of her last night is chilling as he leads the reader step-by-step through her 1981 disappearance from their boat and the search for her body. (Oct.) br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ReviewPieces of My Heart is a treasure. . . . Wagners portrait of [Natalie] Wood is adoring and poignant. . . . With admirable strength and honest self-awareness, Wagner makes plain that theres much more to him than his handsome face. (Washington Post ) Engaging (Publishers Weekly ) Mesmerizing (Kirkus Reviews )