The infanticidal logic of evolution and culture / A. Samuel Kimball.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimball, A. Samuel, 1959-
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Infanticide > History.
Infanticide > Social aspects.
Infanticide > Religious aspects.
Infanticide in literature.
Bible. > Genesis > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Physical Description:363 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. The biological scope of infanticide and the infanticidal
  • Existence costs
  • The infanticidal horizon of biological evolution
  • pt. 2. Infanticide and the infanticidity of being in Genesis
  • Infanticide and reproduction in Genesis
  • Refusing the infanticidal : interpretive closure in teleological readings of Abraham's sacrifice
  • "The most common event in the world" : Abraham's sacrifice and the infanticidity of being
  • pt. 3. Counter-conceiving the symbolic order : infanticide and the name of the father
  • Counter-conceiving the law of the father
  • Sacrifice, revenge, and a justice beyond justice : The odyssey
  • The wounded infant and the infanticidism of the gods : Oedipus' cultural critique
  • The infanticidity of flesh and word : the eucharistic revision of Greek sacrifice
  • pt. 4. The inconceivable future
  • Conceptions and contraceptions of the future : Star trek, Terminator 2, The matrix, and Alien resurrection.