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UNINA9910786182903321 |
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Bottici Chiara |
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The myth of the clash of civilizations / / Chiara Bottici and Benoit Challand |
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Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-136-95119-9 |
0-203-84884-5 |
1-283-96409-0 |
1-136-95120-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; ; 18 |
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Disciplina |
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Islamic civilization |
Civilization, Western |
Islamic countries Relations Western countries |
Western countries Relations Islamic countries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Political myths; 1.1 Understanding myth: a theoretical framework; 1.2 Political myth; 1.3 Political myth, history and ideology; 1.4 Conclusions; 2 Icons; 2.1 Icons, symbols and the social unconscious; 2.2 Facing the unknown: a journey into Arabland; 2.3 Fascination or fear? A journey into the land of infidels (kafir); 2.4 Conclusions; 3 Myth and theory; 3.1 Reducing complexity; 3.2 Entrapping identity; 3.3 Hiding from reality; 3.4 Beyond orientalism and occidentalism |
3.5 Conclusions4 The politics of myth; 4.1 Crusades, coexistence, colonialism: the historical background to the orientalist gaze; 4.2 Colonial and post-colonial struggles; 4.3 From the Cold War to the age of a self-fulfilled prophecy; 4.4 The spectacle of the clash of civilizations: myth, media and rituals; 4.5 Conclusions; 5 The struggle for people's imagination; 5.1 Beyond civilization; 5.2 Struggles over the East/West divide; 5.3 Imaginal politics; 5.4 The repositioning of religion in the public sphere; 5.5 Conclusions; Notes; References; Index |
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While globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington's contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the world? Bottici and Challand disentangle such a process of myth-making both in the West and in Muslim majority countries, and call for a renewed critical attitude towards it. By analysing a process of elaboration of this myth that took place in academic books, arts and media, comics and Hollywood fi |
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UNINA9910959956603321 |
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Discourse perspectives on organizational communication / / edited by Jolanta Aritz and Robyn C. Walker |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Madison, NJ, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2012 |
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1-68393-893-3 |
1-280-65957-2 |
9786613636508 |
1-61147-438-8 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press communication studies series |
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AritzJolanta <1968-> |
WalkerRobyn |
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Communication in organizations |
Industrial management |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Introduction; 1 Four Propositions toward an Interpretive Theory of the Process of Discursive Reality Constructio; 2 A Politically Attentive Discursive Analysis of Collaborative Talk; 3 Asian Business Discourse(s); 5 Analyzing Political Space through Discourse; 6 The Rhetorical Legitimation of Organizational Exploration and Exploitation Initiatives; 7 Introducing British and Spanish Companies to Investors; 8 |
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Benchmarking Organizational Identity; 9 Narratives of Diversity in the Corporate Boardroom; 10 Going Green; Conclusion; Index; About the Editors and Contributors |
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Discourse Perspectives in Organizational Communication brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities to look at discourse and how it shapes organizations and their social actors. Unlike others in the field, this book assumes that language creates and constitutes reality, rather than simply mirroring or describing it. This collection illustrates the variety of organizational phenomena that might be studied and the range of epistemological and methodological approaches that might |
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