Collateral Language :: A User's Guide to America's New War /: ed. by Ross Glover, John Collins.

Name: Collateral Language : A User's Guide to America's New War / ed. by Ross Glover, John Collins.
ISBN: 9780814723548

Church, Kenneth,; Collins, John,; Cornwell, Grant H.,; Egan, R. Danielle,; Glover, Ross,; Llorente, Marina A.,; McCarthy, Erin,; Neisser, Philip T.,; Rediehs, Laura J.,; Renold, Leah,; Singer, Natalia Rachel,; Stoddard, Eve Walsh,; Thornton, Patricia M.,; Thornton, Thomas F.,; Van Alstyne, Andrew D.,

doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814723548.001.0001

Collateral Language : A User's Guide to America's New War / ed. by Ross Glover, John Collins.

Church, Kenneth, contributor.; Collins, John, contributor.; Collins, John, editor.; Cornwell, Grant H., contributor.; Egan, R. Danielle, contributor.; Glover, Ross, contributor.; Glover, Ross, editor.; Llorente, Marina A., contributor.; McCarthy, Erin, contributor.; Neisser, Philip T., contributor.; Rediehs, Laura J., contributor.; Renold, Leah, contributor.; Singer, Natalia Rachel, contributor.; Stoddard, Eve Walsh, contributor.; Thornton, Patricia M., contributor.; Thornton, Thomas F., contributor.; Van Alstyne, Andrew D., contributor.

2002

HV6432 .C64 2002

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Collateral Language : A User's Guide to America's New War / ed. by Ross Glover, John Collins.

ISBN

9780814723548

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814723548.001.0001

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New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2002]

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English

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In English.

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1 online resource

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10.18574/nyu/9780814723548.001.0001 doi

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HV6432 .C64 2002

Dewey Decimal Classification

320.014

Summary

Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them? Each of the thirteen essays in Collateral Language offers an informed perspective on a particular word or phrase that serves as a building block in the edifice of post-World Trade Center rhetoric. In some cases this involves a systematic examination of the term in question (e.g. "anthrax" or "unity")its historical roots, the development of its meaning and usage in the U.S. over time, and its employment in the current context. In other cases authors provide a set of more philosophical or autobiographical reflections on a particular idea (e.g. "vital interests" or "evil"), suggesting a need to consider the ethical and moral implications of using the concept uncritically. In every instance, however, the overriding goal is to give the reader a set of practical tools to analyze the political language that surrounds all of us at this critical point in our nation's history. Witty, informative and highly readable, Collateral Language is a lexicon of political terminology and an indispensable tool for understanding the current conflict.

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