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Stumbling toward a Democratic Theory of Incest.
- Source :
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Political Theory . Feb2013, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p5-32. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Prompted by the prominence of incest themes in the U.S. literary canon, the author raises and explores the idea of a “democratic theory of incest.” To that end, the paper uncovers, tracks, and documents the interest in incest throughout the Western canon of political thought. It then presents and addresses a “standoff” in theoretical circles today: whereas many nonliberal political theorists have continued and developed the canonical interest in the politics of incest, contemporary liberals have largely dropped out of that extended discussion. By way of a re-reading of Freud’s Totem and Taboo along with an analysis of John Sayles’s 1996 film, Lone Star, the paper outlines a possible way out of a poststructuralist versus liberal theory impasse over incest, thus proposing movement in the direction of a democratic understanding of incest concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *CANON (Literature)
*INCEST in literature
*POLITICAL science
*LIBERALS
*DEMOCRACY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00905917
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Political Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85389974
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591712463196