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LEADER: 02128cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2006030917
003 DLC
005 20070625131754.0
008 060919s2007 deu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006030917
020 $a9780874139525 (alk. paper)
020 $a087413952X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm71552263
035 $a(OCoLC)71552263
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dYDXCP$dDLC
050 00 $aGN482.5$b.K56 2007
082 00 $a304.6/68$222
100 1 $aKimball, A. Samuel,$d1959-
245 14 $aThe infanticidal logic of evolution and culture /$cA. Samuel Kimball.
260 $aNewark :$bUniversity of Delaware Press,$cc2007.
300 $a363 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aInfanticide$xHistory.
650 0 $aInfanticide$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aInfanticide$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aInfanticide in literature.
630 00 $aBible.$pO.T.$pGenesis$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030917.html