Writing the war on terrorism: Language, politics and counter-terrorism (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis) - Tapa blanda

Jackson, Richard

 
9780719071218: Writing the war on terrorism: Language, politics and counter-terrorism (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis)
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ISBN 10: 0719071216 ISBN 13: 9780719071218
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2005

Sinopsis

This book examines the language of the war on terrorism. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how the Bush administration’s approach to counter-terrorism became the dominant policy paradigm in American politics today.

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Richard Jackson is Reader in International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth

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'Writing the war on terrorism' examines the public language of the war on terrorism, and the way that rhetoric has been used to justify the global counter-terrorism offensive as a response to 9/11. It discusses how language has been used to deliberately manipulate public anxiety about terrorist threats to gain support for military action, and how the abuse of Iraqi prisoners has been normalised through rhetoric and practice. .

It explains how the war on terrorism has been reproduced and amplified by key social actors and how it has become the dominant political narrative in America today, enjoying widespread bipartisan and popular support. The author argues that the normalisation and institutionalisation of the administration’s current counter-terrorism approach is damaging to society’s ethical values and to democratic political participation.

Lying at the intersection of international relations, American politics, terrorism studies, discourse analysis, communication studies and cultural studies, this book will have genuine interdisciplinary appeal.

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'Writing the war on terrorism' examines the public language of the war on terrorism, and the way that rhetoric has been used to justify the global counter-terrorism offensive as a response to 9/11. It discusses how language has been used to deliberately manipulate public anxiety about terrorist threats to gain support for military action, and how the abuse of Iraqi prisoners has been normalised through rhetoric and practice. . It explains how the war on terrorism has been reproduced and amplified by key social actors and how it has become the dominant political narrative in America today, enjoying widespread bipartisan and popular support. The author argues that the normalisation and institutionalisation of the administration s current counter-terrorism approach is damaging to society s ethical values and to democratic political participation. Lying at the intersection of international relations, American politics, terrorism studies, discourse analysis, communication studies and cultural studies, this book will have genuine interdisciplinary appeal.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0719071216
ISBN 13 
9780719071218
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
242
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9780719071201: Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counter-Terrorism (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis)

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