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Terrorism and the Politics of Naming (ThirdWorlds) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1138873721 ISBN 13: 9781138873728
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

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 the Israeli-Palestine conflict, among other important contemporary debates. Terrorism and the Politics of Naming makes a substantial contribution towards elucidating the power of naming in the discourse of conflict and will be of great interest to students and scholars of political philosophy, political theory, and politics and the media.

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About the Author

Michael Bhatia is at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138873721
ISBN 13 
9781138873728
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
226
Editor
Bhatia Michael