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Their nomadism, their wanderings, are contained by a language of religion and moral law as well as by turning the encounters into a reflection on the poet's own interiority, identity, and imagination which coopts and shuts down the radical potential of these vagrants.

Wandering in the Landscape with Wordsworth and Deleuze 2008

Althouse: Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla.

"Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla. More shrewd moves." Ann Althouse 2009

Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla.

"Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla. More shrewd moves." Ann Althouse 2009

The real history of the Democratic Party is that it takes mass movements like the Populists, the Labor Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, various antiwar & antiimperialism movements, etc -- and coopts & betrays them.

The Third-Party Delusion and the Need for a Mass Movement for Progressive Change 2009

I'm waiting for Sullivan's next post: Obama coopts the old Sullivan by tethering him to Maureen 'Are Men Necessary?'

"Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla. More shrewd moves." Ann Althouse 2009

We all grumble about the rampant and often disgusting commercialism of this season, but the fact is that all of that marketing is successful because it coopts something deeper.

Valerie Tarico: Is it OK to Celebrate Christmas, Even If You're Not a Christian? 2009

That romance coopts sexual pleasure as part of its master plan for middle-class normalcy, and Lydia's body represents both its condition of possibility and its greatest nightmare.

How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision 2006

Has anyone else noticed the way Colbert coopts the applause for the guest after introducing him/her?

Think Progress » Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert 2006

A political religion occupies much the same psychological and sociological space as a theistic religion, and as a result it often displaces or coopts existing religious organisations and beliefs; this is described as a "sacralisation" of politics.

Hullabaloo 2006

A political religion occupies much the same psychological and sociological space as a theistic religion, and as a result it often displaces or coopts existing religious organisations and beliefs; this is described as a "sacralisation" of politics.

Hullabaloo 2006