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Informationen zum Autor Douglas V. Porpora is professor of sociology at Drexel University. His books include How Holocausts Happen and Landscapes of the Soul. Alexander Nikolaev is associate professor of communication at Drexel University. He is the author of International Negotiations and coeditor of Leading to the 2003 Iraq War and Ethical Issues in International Communication. Julia Hagemann May and Alexander Jenkins are doctoral candidates at Drexel University. They all live in Philadelphia. Klappentext Examining the American discourse over war and torture! the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers! television commentary! and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later. "Timely and topical, Post-Ethical Society contributes to ongoing national soul-searching about who we are and how we want to go about sorting out our proper role in the world. This is not mere armchair philosophizing. Here we are presented with totally solid, historical, publicly accessible, empirical data on subjects of major national and international importance. I'm very impressed." (Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame)" Zusammenfassung Examining the American discourse over war and torture! the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers! television commentary! and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later.
