Description
| Product ID: | 9781781680209 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Radical Thinkers Set 07 |
| Title: | The Spirit of Terrorism |
| Authors: | Author: Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner |
| Page Count: | 88 |
| Subjects: | Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Terrorism, armed struggle, Terrorism, armed struggle |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter-not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated and vulnerable West. This new edition is up-dated with the essays 'Hypotheses on Terrorism' and 'Violence of the Global'. Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter—not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated and vulnerable West. This new edition is up-dated with the essays “Hypotheses on Terrorism” and “Violence of the Global.” |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-01-16 |
