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Cowboy Apocalypse Religion And The Myth Of The Vigilante Messiah Rachel Wagner

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Cowboy Apocalypse Religion And The Myth Of The Vigilante Messiah Rachel Wagner
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Publisher: NYU Press
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 1.09 MB
Author: Rachel Wagner
ISBN: 9781479831647, 1479831646
Language: English
Year: 2025

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Cowboy Apocalypse Religion And The Myth Of The Vigilante Messiah Rachel Wagner by Rachel Wagner 9781479831647, 1479831646 instant download after payment.

Charts the myth of the "good guy with a gun," connecting America's frontier beginnings with visions of the end of the world
In the midst of widespread mass shootings in America, a common motif stands out: the perpetrators of these attacks often view themselves as vigilante saviors, whose job it is to regulate society in a way that exterminates their enemies.
In this fascinating critique, Rachel Wagner makes the case that this unfortunate phenomenon is best understood through the idea of the cowboy apocalypse. She shows that across much US media, from video games and blockbuster movies to novels and TV, a story arc has been created that provides a complete myth about the end of the world and the future after that. In these stories, the cowboy messiah is envisioned as a good guy with a gun. But he doesn't save the world. He just saves his world: he protects his family and others he deems worthy while embracing the chance to wipe the global slate clean and...

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