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1 online resource (313 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. Introductory Comments: Words and Fear; II. Narratives Create Perceptions of Truth; III. Assessing an Argument after the Fact; IV. US-Generated Anti-terrorism Discourse in 2001 versus 2017; V. Overview of the Book; Part I: Political Discourse; 1. Language Manufactures Truth: The Power of Labels; I. The Beginning of the Conversation: Narratives Wield Great Power; II. Whoever Prevails with Duelling Labels Wins the Day: 'Muslim Ban' or 'Extreme Vetting'? |
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III. Motive and Omar Mateen: Immutable Characteristics Can Lead to a Label that Could Obscure True Motive and Undermine Systemic ResponsesIV. 'A Rose by Any Other Name ': Strategically Naming an International 'Terrorist' Group is Key to the Narrative; V. Conclusion; 2. Breaking Down and Reconstructing Discourse Can Reveal New Realities; I. Introduction: Fractured Narratives and Manufactured Confusion; II. The Same Scenario, or the Same Words, with Different Meanings for Different People; III. An Example: Kafka and Shifting the Kaleidoscope |
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IV. 'Deconstructing' Anti-terrorism Detention DiscourseV. Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Post-9/11 Discourse Using Argumentation Theory; VI. Against this Backdrop, Post-9/11 Terrorism Detention Discourse Successfully Involved the Use of Effective Argumentation Tools; VII. Conclusion; 3. Layers of Argumentation Tools and a Fractured Post-911 Narrative; I. Introduction: How Threads of Perception Developed after 9/11; II. Manufacturing Confusion: Euphemisms Played a Key Role in Influencing Public Perception |
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III. Forward-Looking Threat-Based Discourse Perpetuated Already Rattled Nerves and Made Governmental Initiatives More Persuasive in the USIV. A Fractured Narrative Arose after 9/11, as Demonstrated by One Conversation between Representatives of Branches of the US Government; V. Conclusion; Part II: Fragmented Practices; 4. Hasty Inductive Generalisation: The Problem with the Claim that the 9/11 Attacks Exposed a Need for New Detention Paradigms; I. Crisis Shifts in Long-Standing Detention Paradigms Occurred after the 9/11 Attacks; II. The 'Unprecedented' Nature of the 9/11 Attacks |
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III. The 9/11 Attacks Led to a Claim of Presumptive Inadequacy of National Criminal Justice Systems in Certain CasesIV. Certain Commonalities Emerged across Jurisdictions Regarding Extraordinary Detention Practices; V. Special Mechanisms that Bypassed the Criminal Justice System Entirely; VI. Other Examples of Changes: Torture and Targeted Killings; VII. Conclusion; 5. False Premise: Non-citizens as the Terrorist 'Other'; I. Many Post-9/11 Detention Changes Sprang from the False and Simplistic Idea that Terrorists were Non-citizens; II. The Claimed Need to Protect 'Us' from 'the Other' |
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III. The Othering before and after 9/11 was Directed between Organisations Like Al-Qaeda and those Claiming to Represent the West, Each Accelerating it against the Other |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781509904013 |
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1509904018 |
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9781509904006 |
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150990400X |
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