{"product_id":"rhetoric-fantasy-and-the-war-on-terror-paperback","title":"Rhetoric, Fantasy, and the War on Terror - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVaheed Ramazani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on psychoanalytic and semiotic perspectives, this book examines discourses mediating the global War on Terror, including governmental speeches, legal documents, print and broadcast journalism, and military memoirs. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book argues that these discourses motivate, and are motivated by, a myth of imminent harm that purportedly justifies a series of \"preemptive\" measures such as war, torture, and targeted killing, as well as an array of intrusive domestic security procedures such as profiling and mass surveillance. Dominant themes include selective compassion in the mainstream media, the language of war and the sacrificial sublime, asymmetrical warfare and the nostalgia for total war, weaponized drones and just war theory, and the role of American exceptionalism in normalizing endless war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholars and students alike will take interest in this original contribution to the fields of cultural studies, psychoanalysis, media studies, rhetoric, critical international relations, and international humanitarian law and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaheed Ramazani is the Kathryn B. Gore Professor of French Studies at Tulane University. His research interests include French literature and culture, critical theory, and critical international relations. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Free Indirect Mode: Flaubert and the Poetics of Irony\u003c\/i\u003e (Virginia) and \u003ci\u003eWriting in Pain: Literature, History, and the Culture of Denial \u003c\/i\u003e(Palgrave). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695340384563,"sku":"9780367554071","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aXdJcEgrTHdXYzZSZlpYZUt0ZXJKUT09.webp?v=1763089087","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/rhetoric-fantasy-and-the-war-on-terror-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}