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Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counter-terrorism (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis)
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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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #200033 in Books
- Published on: 2005-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
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About the Author
Richard Jackson is Lecturer in International Security at the Centre for International Politics at the University of Manchester
Customer Reviews
Will change how you look at things for ever!
Richard Jackson has come up with a brilliant book which delves into the official language of the 'war on terrorism'. He uses the commas around the phrase as he believes it has been normalised; that the things governments try and tell us have been too readily accepted.
He makes you think in a critical manner; there will be numerous occasions where you'll find your self nodding your head thinking 'the guy has a point'. Forever after you'll read and listen differently in regards to terrorism-related material. Jackson asks several posing questions, such as why we are so petrified of something that is as likely to kill us as a DIY accident or bee sting!
If you don't want to be taken in by what you are told, and would like to think you can form your own opinions on issues, then you must take a look at this book!
