ISBN:
9781409436058
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (170 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror
DDC:
303.6/25
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
USA
;
Terrorismus
;
Gewalt
;
Politik
;
Machtmissbrauch
;
Soziale Kontrolle
Abstract:
Blending concepts from 'dramatism' such as 'victimage ritual' with Foucault's approach to modern power and knowledge regimes, this book presents a novel and illuminating perspective on political power and domination resulting from the global war on terrorism. A compelling analysis of ritual rhetoric and political violence, Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror will be of interest to sociologists, political theorists and scholars of media and communication concerned with questions of surveillance and social control, political communication, hegemony, foreign policy and the
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Diagrams and Charts; Acknowledgements; 1 Cycles of Violence; 2 Genealogy of Terrorism; 3 Victimage Ritual; 5 Dangers of Security; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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