Democracy and America's War on Terror
Author | : Robert L. Ivie |
Publisher | : Rhetoric, Culture, and Social |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105114192979 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Democracy and America's War on Terror by : Robert L. Ivie
Download or read book Democracy and America's War on Terror written by Robert L. Ivie and published by Rhetoric, Culture, and Social. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Ivie discusses democracy's centrality to the national identity and how prevailing constructions of democracy constitute a republic of fear in which the threat of foreign and domestic "others" is chronically exaggerated through rituals of vilification and victimization.