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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954939403321

Titolo

Discourse, war and terrorism / / edited by Adam Hodges and Chad Nilep

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa, : John Benjamins North America, 2007

ISBN

9786612154805

9781282154803

128215480X

9789027292681

902729268X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 248 p

Collana

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture ; ; v. 24

Altri autori (Persone)

HodgesAdam

NilepChad

Disciplina

909.83/1

Soggetti

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Critical discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The book series complements the Journal of Language and Politics, edited by Ruth Wodak and Paul Chilton."

Nota di contenuto

Discourse,War and Terrorism -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author affiliations -- Introduction -- 9/11 and the emergence of the "war on terror" discourse -- Critical approaches to discourse in politics, society and culture -- Limitations and contributions of discourse studies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- "Emerging threats" and "coming dangers" -- Overview -- Politics and ideology of the future -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Enforcing justice, justifying force -- Introduction -- Policing the New World Order -- Defending the New World Order -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The narrative construction of identity -- Introduction -- Analysis -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Discourses of freedom -- Introduction -- The gendered body -- Islam and the liberal state -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Arabs in the morning paper -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion --



Conclusion -- References -- Visual discourses of war -- Photographs of the war in Iraq -- Agency and action -- Modality -- Conclusion -- References -- "Martyrs and terrorists, resistance and insurgency" -- Background: British connections and Qatari support -- Heteroglossia and dialogic emergence of meaning -- Jihad (Holy War) and/or terrorism: Islamic contextual reference and dialogic process -- min washington (From Washington) -- Contextualizaion and the negotiation of meaning -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Between "us" and "them" -- Introduction -- Politics, discourse and media in the run-up to the Iraq war -- "Us" and "them" in discourse -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Discourse of war and terrorism in Serbia -- Introduction -- Methods -- Serbian anti-terrorism discourse -- Discussion -- Notes -- References.

"Fear of terror attack persists" -- Introduction -- Defining fear -- Data -- Tools for analysis -- Constructing collective fear on september 11 anniversaries -- Blurring responsibility -- Weaker than fear: the emotions of worry and concern -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- The politics of fear -- Introduction -- The politics of fear -- The narratives of fear -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Index -- The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.

Sommario/riassunto

"I have not seen a smoking-gun, concrete evidence about the connection." - Secretary of State Colin Powell (quoted in Marquis 2004).