Isis and the Pornography of Violence

Informationen zum Autor Simon Cottee is a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Kent, UK, and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam (2015) and the coeditor of Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left (2008). Cottee is a regular contributor to the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Times, the National Post and Vice, and a contributing editor of the journal, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. Klappentext 'ISIS and the Pornography of Violence' is a collection of iconoclastic essays on ISIS, spanning the four-year period from its ascendancy in late 2014 to its demise in early 2018. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Theorizing ISIS: The Meaning and Appeal of Jihadist Violence; 2. How Not to Think about ISIS; 3. Watching ISIS: The Theatre of Horror Credits; Notes; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Cottee, Cottee Simon
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781783089659
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-965-9
• Pagine: 186
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Terrorism, armed struggle, Violence in society, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, Violence and abuse in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice