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Victorian domestic novels routinely detect a savage otherness lurking within the English state and subject. Outlandish English Subjects in the Victorian Domestic Novel charts the development of this irony within evangelical and anthropological discourses and studies its emergence in the major works of Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Wilkie Collins, and George Meredith. Each of these writers disrupts the certitudes of imperial ideology by appropriating the language of ethnography and using it to describe the social domestic field. Providing fresh readings of both canonical and neglected novels, this original volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Nineteenth-Century literature and Postcolonial studies.
Is moral philosophy more foundational than political theory? It is often assumed to be. David Schmidtz argues that the reverse is true: the question of how to live in a community is more fundamental than questions about how to live. This book questions whether we are getting to the foundations of human morality when we ignore contingent features of communities in which political animals live. Schmidtz disputes the idea that reflection on how to live needs to begin with timeless axioms. Rather, theorizing about how to live together should take its cue from contemporary moral philosophy's attempts to go beyond formal theory, and ask which principles have a history of demonstrably being organiz...
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The Liberator Fleet from Angel Bay crosses the ocean searching for a place to settle and restock. With thousands of lives to protect, they find a new land with both allies and enemies waiting for them. After gathering information, the fleet’s leaders realize continuing forward means taking even more risks. Separating from the fleet, one group heads out seeking information while those that remain carefully watch over their crew. Uncertain and difficult choices lie ahead in the next part of their journey. On the other side of the ocean, hunters from Sanctum feel defeated with only questions and no answers. Their struggle leads them on a mission to discover the origin of the Marshlands’ chaos. What they learn will take them to a place they never imagined. The mission takes a new direction that will test their skills and bonds like never before. A struggle between strangers, friends, and family continues with each navigating both physical and mental challenges. A new phase in survival, leadership and emotions begins for all.