Xenocitizens Illiberal Ontologies in Nineteenth-Century America.

Xenocitizens returns to the nineteenth century in order to uncover realities and possibilities that have been foreclosed by dominant liberal paradigms. Examining how antebellum crises pushed writers to formulate alternative ontological and social models for personhood and sociality, Xenocitizens gli...

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Main Author: Berger, Jason
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
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Summary:Xenocitizens returns to the nineteenth century in order to uncover realities and possibilities that have been foreclosed by dominant liberal paradigms. Examining how antebellum crises pushed writers to formulate alternative ontological and social models for personhood and sociality, Xenocitizens glimpses startlingly unique and unfamiliar ways to exist and to leverage change.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (303 p.)
ISBN:9780823287772
0823287777