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Brute Reality: Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War
Stuart Price
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Description for Brute Reality: Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War
Paperback. A timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Brute Reality provides an authoritative analysis of those formal attempts, made by prominent social actors, to present a rationale for the existence and exercise of coercive power. The 'War on Terror' and its associated campaigns are presented as an aggressive attempt to assert the contradictory interests of a trans-national elite.
The period chosen to illustrate the key characteristics of this enterprise, extends from the state of 'war' created after the September 11th attacks, to the strategic adjustments begun during the nadir of the Iraq adventure; it also includes reference to the modifications in policy carried out under ... Read more
Brute Reality provides an authoritative analysis of those formal attempts, made by prominent social actors, to present a rationale for the existence and exercise of coercive power. The 'War on Terror' and its associated campaigns are presented as an aggressive attempt to assert the contradictory interests of a trans-national elite.
The period chosen to illustrate the key characteristics of this enterprise, extends from the state of 'war' created after the September 11th attacks, to the strategic adjustments begun during the nadir of the Iraq adventure; it also includes reference to the modifications in policy carried out under ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745320793
SKU
V9780745320793
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About Stuart Price
Stuart 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).
Reviews for Brute Reality: Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War
'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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more