001477632 000__ 05858nam\a22011175i\4500 001477632 001__ 1477632 001477632 003__ DE-B1597 001477632 005__ 20231026034820.0 001477632 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001477632 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001477632 008__ 230103t20142014nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001477632 020__ $$a9780823256945 001477632 0247_ $$a10.1515/9780823256945$$2doi 001477632 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)555135 001477632 035__ $$a(OCoLC)880454954 001477632 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001477632 0410_ $$aeng 001477632 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001477632 072_7 $$aLIT004120$$2bisacsh 001477632 08204 $$a823/.509358$$223 001477632 1001_ $$aLoar, Christopher F., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001477632 24510 $$aPolitical Magic :$$bBritish Fictions of Savagery and Sovereignty, 1650-1750 /$$cChristopher F. Loar. 001477632 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : $$bFordham University Press, $$c[2014] 001477632 264_4 $$c©2014 001477632 300__ $$a1 online resource (344 p.) 001477632 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001477632 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001477632 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001477632 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001477632 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction: Magical Government -- $$t1. Enchanting the Savage: Th e Politics of Pyrotechnics in the Cavendish Circle -- $$t2. Fire and Sword: Aphra Behn and the Materials of Authority -- $$t3. Talking Guns and Savage Spaces: Daniel Defoe's Civilizing Technologies -- $$t4. Doctrines Détestables: Jonathan Swift, Despotism, and Virtue -- $$t5. Savage Vision: Violence, Reason, and Surveillance in Eliza Haywood -- $$tCoda: Enemies -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex 001477632 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001477632 520__ $$aPolitical Magic examines early modern British fictions of exploration and colonialism, arguing that narratives of intercultural contact reimagine ideas of sovereignty and popular power. These fictions reveal aspects of political thought in this period that official discourse typically shunted aside, particularly the political status of the commoner, whose "liberty" was often proclaimed even as it was undermined both in theory and in practice. Like the Hobbesian sovereign, the colonist appears to the colonized as a giver of rules who remains unruly.At the heart of many texts are moments of savage wonder, provoked by European displays of technological prowess. In particular, the trope of the first gunshot articulates an origin of consent and political legitimacy in colonial showmanship. Yet as manifestations of force held in abeyance, these technologies also signal the ultimate reliance of sovereigns on extreme violence as the lessthan-mystical foundation of their authority.By examining works by Cavendish, Defoe, Behn, Swift, and Haywood in conjunction with contemporary political writing and travelogues, Political Magic locates a subterranean discourse of sovereignty in the century after Hobbes, finding surprising affinities between the government of "savages" and of Britons. 001477632 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001477632 546__ $$aIn English. 001477632 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. 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