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The Spirit of Terrorism: And Other Essays

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean Baudrillard, Chris Turner (Translator)Series:Radical ThinkersPublish date:2013-01-16Pages:79
Language:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781781680209ISBN-10:1781680205UPC:9781781680209Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, Terrorism, MovementsBook Topic:Post-StructuralismSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCQ7QN4571
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."
Language:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781781680209ISBN-10:1781680205UPC:9781781680209Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, Terrorism, MovementsBook Topic:Post-StructuralismSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCQ7QN4571
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include Simulations and Simulacra, America, The Perfect Crime, The System of Objects, Passwords, The Transparency of Evil, The Spirit of Terrorism, and Fragments, among others.
Publisher: Verso

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