RT Article
T1 The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refugees in Jeremiah
JF Political theology
VO 19
IS 6
SP 460
OP 477
A1 Davidson, Steed V.
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1580546781
AB Refugee studies, postcolonial studies, as well as political theory is used to argue that the portrayal of the Judeans who flee to Egypt, rather than those deported to Babylon, occupy the social space of the everyday conception of refugees in Jeremiah. By examining the narratives of chapters 42-44 in relation to the oracles against the nations (chs. 46-51), I show how the exclusion of the Egyptian group shores up the imperial turn represented in the OANs. After explaining the oracles' imperial character, a discussion follows of how reading them as imperial produces the Egyptian group as refugees in chs. 42-44. An exploration of contemporary discussions regarding refugees follows, enabling the claim that refugees are produced by the state. Finally comes, a broader discussion on how various discursive strategies excludes the Egyptian group of refugees in favor of the Babylonian deportees, supportive of an imperialized agenda.
NO Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 5-6 August-September 2018"
K1 Jeremiah
K1 Bare Life
K1 Empire
K1 Refugees
K1 Sovereignty
DO 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1502244