The 1923 Kanto Massacre, the Gibeonites in 2 Samuel 21, and Reinscribing Homo Sacer through a Hermeneutics of Mnemonic Solidarity.
This essay examines the 1923 Kanto Massacre of Koreans in Japan alongside the biblical narrative of the Gibeonites through a hermeneutics of "mnemonic solidarity" informed by postcolonial studies. Both narratives of catastrophe, though separated by time and tradition, reveal how sovereign powers con...
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