Brute reality : power, discourse and the mediation of war /

Price, Stuart, 1958-

Brute reality : power, discourse and the mediation of war / Stuart Price. - London ; New York, NY : Pluto, ©2010. - 1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : illustrations -

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-215) and index.

Introduction : the composition of the 'terror war' -- From the 'War on Terror' to 'overseas contingency operations' -- War, terror and the real -- Media and the reproduction of meaning -- Surveillance, authority and linguistic categories -- Film, bureaucracy and the gendered protagonist -- Economic transformation, protest and the state -- Conclusion : democracy and the terror war.

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Brute Reality is a fascinating analysis of the attempts by Western countries to justify their increasingly violent foreign-policy agendas and assert the contradictory interests of a transnational elite.


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22573/ctt183h9nf JSTOR


2001-2009


War and society.
Mass media and war.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences)
National security--Social aspects.
Guerre et société.
Médias et guerre.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009--Aspect social.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Peace.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Mass media and war.
Power (Social sciences)
Social aspects.
War and society.


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