The Politics of Purim : Law, Sovereignty and Hospitality in the Aesthetic Afterlives of Esther /: Law, Sovereignty and Hospitality in the Aesthetic Afterlives of Esther. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jo Carruthers.
• Authors: Carruthers, Jo
• Contents: Introduction: The Politics of PersecutionI. Lawlessness, Sovereignty and In-hospitality1. Carnival, Lawlessness and Sovereignty2. The State of Exception, Amalek and Sovereign HospitalityII. Purim and the Enemy3. The Anti-Memorial of Remembering to Forget4. The Art of Exception in the Illuminated Megillah5. Bare Life and SovereigntyIII. The Secular Politics of Esther: Sovereign and Legal Fallibility6. Law's Limitations7. Creaturely SovereigntyIV. Purim and Hospitality8. Esther the Good Host and the Good Sovereign9. Mordecai's Mourning: Exclusion and Vulnerability10. 'Shalokh Manos Re-mixed': An Aftselakhis PurimshpilConclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: Religion -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament; Biblical studies & exegesis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567693327; 0567693325
• Related ISBNs: 9780567691866
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