The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 25 No. 3

Authors

Peter Haley
Gorman Beauchamp
Susan M. Matarese
Paul G. Salmon
Alfred G. Killilea
Frederick R. Swan
Jennie M. Hornosty
David Lee
Susan Leigh Baughn
Walter Shear
Midwest Quarterly Editors

Contents

ARTICLES

Marx's Use of Images of the Profane

Democracy, Theocracy, and the Moral Majority

Utopia and Its Malcontents: Mechanisms of Social Control in the Fictional State

Death and Democratic Theory: The Political Benefits of Vulnerability

Toward a New Democratic Political Theory: Contributions by C. Wright Mills

The Church in Latin America Tums Left: Recent Developments and Implications

POEMS

The Chain Letter

Day's Work

REVIEWS

Mark Krupnick; Displacement: Derrida and After

Charles Edward Eaton; The Thing King

Abstract

in this issue. . .

The essence of Karl Marx's criticism of the modern world, argues PETER HALEY, rests more on ethics than economics. Currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the College at the University of Chicago, Haley has investigated the charisma concept in Weber and some of his precursors.

Theocracy, whether championed by a Solzhenitsyn or a Jerry Falwell, says GORMAN BEAUCHAMP, is fundamentally antidemocratic. Author of numerous articles on utopian fiction and of a recent book on Jack London, Beauchamp is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Humanities in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Creating the proper utopia, contend SUSAN M. MATARESE and PAUL G. SALMON, not only involves envisioning human perfection, it also includes regulation of individual deviants by a wide variety of methods. Matarese is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Salmon Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Louisville. The former has published primarily in the field of political theory, while the latter has recently authored a textbook on abnormal psychology.

Far from justifying authoritarianism, argues ALFRED G. KILLILEA, death may provide both impetus and direction for a new, democratic consciousness. Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, Killilea has published elsewhere on the relation between attitudes toward death and politics.

FREDERICK R. SWAN seeks to redirect political scientists toward scholarship in service of an American society democratic not only in theory but also in practice. Swan's primary research interest focuses on dealing with contemporary problems by means of political theory. He is Associate Professor of Political Science at Livingstone College in Lexington, North Carolina.

JENNIE M. HORNOSTY examines the current development within the Catholic Church in Latin America of support for radical social, economic, and political change. Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, Hornosty plans a larger study comparing the political economy of religion in Quebec with that in Latin America.

DAVID LEE, whose work makes up this issue’s entire poetry section, is one of the few American poets with a national reputation as a master of vernacular narrative. His two books in that mode are The Porcine Legacy (1978) and Driving and Drinking (1982), both from Copper Canyon (Port Townsend, Washington). A revised, expanded edition of the former is due soon from the same press. David Lee lives with his family in Paragonah, Utah, and teaches at Southern Utah State College (Cedar City).

SUSAN LEIGH BAUGHN has had a long-standing interest in modern American poetry. She is currently Assistant Professor of English at Pittsburg State University.

WALTER SHEAR, whose study of poetry spans many years, is now Professor of English at Pittsburg State University.

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Haley, Peter; Beauchamp, Gorman; Matarese, Susan M.; Salmon, Paul G.; Killilea, Alfred G.; Swan, Frederick R.; Hornosty, Jennie M.; Lee, David; Baughn, Susan Leigh; Shear, Walter; and Midwest Quarterly Editors (1984) "The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 25 No. 3," The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought: Vol. 25: Iss. 3, Article 1.
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