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CO-OPTATION. A concurring choice. Sometimes applied to the act of the members of a corporation, in choosing a person to supply a vacancy. in their body. |
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It is highly unlikely that, by "pagans," Francis meant exclusively the philosophy and literature of the ancient Mediterranean, which had already been undergoing a process of co-optation by the Church for some two centuries, and with which he was at any rate unfamiliar. He's referring, of course, to the murder and violence unleashed by many Muslims across the world because a Danish newspaper dared to run satirical cartoons lampooning the co-optation of religious faith for terrorism. Indeed, the co-optation of local, personal, and political symbols by the agents of capital seemed to be the underlying theme of the show. |
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