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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stuart PricePublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780745320793ISBN 10: 0745320791 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 11 January 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Composition of the 'Terror War' 1. From The 'War On Terror' To 'Overseas Contingency Operations' 2. War, Terror And the Real 3. Media and the Reproduction Of Meaning 4. Surveillance, Authority and Linguistic Categories 5. Film, Bureaucracy and the Gendered Protagonist 6. Economic Transformation, Protest and the State Conclusion: Democracy and the Terror War Notes Bibliography IndexReviews'An original, incisive and elegantly written analysis of contemporary warfare, rhetoric and power' -- Karen Ross, Professor of Media and Public Communication, University of Liverpool 'Dismantles the myths of the war on terror and demonstrates how the rhetoric of terror provides a pretext for the consolidation of state security and the expansion of military power' -- Stephen Morton, University of Southampton 'Dismantles the myths of the war on terror and demonstrates how the rhetoric of terror provides a pretext for the consolidation of state security and the expansion of military power' -- Stephen Morton, University of Southampton 'An original, incisive and elegantly written analysis of contemporary warfare, rhetoric and power' -- Karen Ross, Professor of Media and Public Communication, University of Liverpool This timely and important book dismantles the myths of the war on terror and demonstrates how the rhetoric of terror provides a pretext for the consolidation of state security and the expansion of military power. Brute Reality is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics of war, violence and power in the twenty-first century. -- Stephen Morton, University of Southampton Brute Reality offers an original, incisive and elegantly written analysis of contemporary warfare, rhetoric and power. Stuart Price argues that changes in the leadership of belligerent states will not prevent the consolidation of the western 'security regime'. This powerful structure is not a 'threat' to modern democracy, but expresses instead the values that lie at its core. -- Karen Ross, Professor of Media and Public Communication, University of Liverpool Brute Reality offers an original, incisive and elegantly written analysis of contemporary warfare, rhetoric and power. Stuart Price argues that changes in the leadership of belligerent states will not prevent the consolidation of the western 'security regime'. This powerful structure is not a 'threat' to modern democracy, but expresses instead the values that lie at its core. -- Karen Ross, Professor of Media and Public Communication, University of Liverpool This timely and important book dismantles the myths of the war on terror and demonstrates how the rhetoric of terror provides a pretext for the consolidation of state security and the expansion of military power. Brute Reality is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics of war, violence and power in the twenty-first century. -- Stephen Morton, University of Southampton Author InformationStuart Price is Principal Lecturer in Media, Film and Journalism, at De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of Brute Reality: Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War (Pluto, 2010) and Discourse Power Address (2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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