Collateral language

Klappentext Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversations since 9/11. Each of the 13 essays in "Collateral Damage" 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. Zusammenfassung 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?

Product details

• Authors: j glover Collins, John Collins, Carla Ferstman, Ross Glover, Joseph Smith
• Assisted by: John Collins (Editor), Ross Glover (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2002
• EAN: 9780814716281
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-1628-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education