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Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism and the War on Terror
Bruce Holsinger
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Paperback. President Bush was roundly criticized for likening America's antiterrorism measures to a "crusade" in 2001. This book addresses the role of neomedievalism in contemporary politics. It concludes with a parsing of Bush administration's torture memos, which enlist neomedievalism's model of feudal sovereignty on behalf of abrogation of human rights. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPS; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 115 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
President Bush was roundly criticized for likening America's antiterrorism measures to a "crusade" in 2001. Far from just a gaffe, however, such medievalism has become a dominant paradigm for comprehending the identity and motivations of America's perceived enemy in the war on terror. Yet as Bruce Holsinger argues here, this cloying post-9/11 rhetoric has served to obscure the more intricate ideological machinations of neomedievalism, the global idiom of the non-state actor: non-governmental organizations, transnational corporate militias, and terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda. "Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror" addresses the role of neomedievalism in contemporary politics. While international-relations ... Read more
President Bush was roundly criticized for likening America's antiterrorism measures to a "crusade" in 2001. Far from just a gaffe, however, such medievalism has become a dominant paradigm for comprehending the identity and motivations of America's perceived enemy in the war on terror. Yet as Bruce Holsinger argues here, this cloying post-9/11 rhetoric has served to obscure the more intricate ideological machinations of neomedievalism, the global idiom of the non-state actor: non-governmental organizations, transnational corporate militias, and terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda. "Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror" addresses the role of neomedievalism in contemporary politics. While international-relations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
50
Condition
New
Number of Pages
50
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780976147596
SKU
V9780976147596
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About Bruce Holsinger
Bruce Holsinger is professor of English and music at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Music, Body, and Desire in Medieval Culture and The Premodern Condition: Medievalism and the Making of Theory, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
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