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Author Bhatia, Michael

Title Terrorism and the Politics of Naming
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages)
Series ThirdWorlds
Third world quarterly (Series)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Fighting words: naming terrorists, bandits, rebels and other violent actors; 2. Imaging terror: logos, pathos and ethos; 3. Al-Qaeda-terrorists, hypocrites, fundamentalists? The view from within; 4. Savagery in democracy's empire; 5. Bandits and blanket thieves, communists and terrorists: the politics of naming Sandinistas in Nicaragua, 1927 -- 36 and 1979 -- 90; 6. Liberation struggle or terrorism? The politics of naming the LTTE; 7. Terrorists, bandits, spooks and thieves: Russian demonisation of the Chechens before and since 9/11
8. Savage wars? Codes of violence in Algeria, 1830s -- 1990s9. Israeli snipers in the Al-Aqsa intifada: killing, humanity and lived experience; 10. Words as interventions: naming in the Palestine -- Israel conflict; 11. Know thy enemy: Hizbullah, 'terrorism' and the politics of perception; 12. Themes in official discourses on terrorism in Central Asia; Index
Summary Previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, this volume assesses the nature, power, role and function of names in global politics and the international media. Names are not objective, they accrue subjective associations, for example 'Terrorist' has a very different connotation to 'Freedom-fighter'. The contributors seek the truth beneath the names assigned in an effort to remove the obscurity created by the power of 'the politics of naming' to the reality of the situation, taking examples from Al Qaeda, Russia's demonization of the Chechens and naming in
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Subject Language and languages -- Political aspects.
Language and languages -- Political aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317969860
1317969863