Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357) and index.
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.
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