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Blending concepts from 'dramatism' such as 'victimage ritual' with Foucault's approach to modern power and knowledge regimes, this book presents a novel and illuminating perspective on political power and domination resulting from the global war on terrorism. With attention to media sources and political discourse within the context of the global war on terror, the author draws attention to the manner in which power elites construct scapegoats by way of a victimage ritual, thus providing themselves with a political pretext for extending their power and authority over new territories and populations, as well as legitimating an intensification of domestic surveillance and social control. A compelling analysis of ritual rhetoric and political violence, "Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror" will be of interest to sociologists, political theorists and scholars of media and communication concerned with questions of surveillance and social control, political communication, hegemony, foreign policy and the war on terror.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political control & freedoms

• Full title: Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror
• Author: Michael Blain
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9781409436058
• ISBN: 1409436055
• ID: 04783029
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 476 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. August 2012

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