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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Blain, Michael, 1943- Power, discourse and victimage ritual in the war on terror. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2012 (DLC) 2012005212 (OCoLC)777386224 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Blain |
| ISBN: | 9781409436065 1409436063 |
| OCLC Number: | 801408714 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (157 p.) : ill. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Genealogy of terrorism -- Victimage ritual -- The war on terrorism -- The dangers of security. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Blain. |
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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.
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'Blain offers a methodical rhetorical analysis of historical and contemporary American elite political and news discourse on terrorism. He combines this with wide-ranging sociological and cultural perspectives to reflect critically on the discursive power effects of the US-led War on Terror (2001-). This produces important insights on how this "War", despite surface appearances, is a strategy for mobilizing and justifying American political violence.'Vian Bakir, Bangor University, UK Read more...
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