Terror and Taboo : The Follies, Fables, and Faces of Terrorism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
041591759X
ISBN-13
9780415917599
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 16th, 1996
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 23.00 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Violence in society
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Discussing the mythography of terror, this volume aims to unveil the semantics of the culture of terror and thereby demystify the obsession with terrorism and remove the taboos surrounding it. The book illustrates how terrorism is often constituted as a substitute for genuine political debate.
Terror and Taboo is about the mythology of terrorism; it is an exploration of the ways we talk about terrorism. It offers incontestable evidence to support the idea that we give power to terrorism by the way we write and talk about it. According to Zulaika and Douglass, we make terrorism worse by the way we represent it in the media and in everyday conversation. Through their examination of terrorism, they propose to remove the taboos surrounding terrorism. Terror and Taboo is full of examples to ground the authors premise, ranging from specific examples, such as tendency to talk more about where Timothy McVeigh shopped for weapons than about the international traffic in arms by legitimate nations, to more theoretical interpretations that will be familiar to readers of cultural studies books.
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