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Words are weapons : inside ISIS's rhetoric of terror / Philippe-Joseph Salazar ; translation by Dorna Khazeni.
LIBRA HV6433.I722 I857313 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salazar, Philippe-Joseph, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Paroles armées. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- IS (Organization).
- Propaganda analysis.
- Terrorism--Islamic countries.
- Terrorism.
- Islamic countries.
- Psychological warfare.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 242 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Translated from French.
- Contents:
- 1 The Caliph Speaks 15
- 2 Naming the Territory of Terror 27
- 3 "Terrorism," Linguistic Subversion 40
- 4 Digital Caliphate 56
- 5 Strongspeak vs. Weakspeak 73
- 6 The Jihadist Aesthetic 86
- 7 Caliphal Feminism 99
- 8 Warrior Virility 109
- 9 Islamic Porno-Politics 117
- 10 Inexplicable Terrorist? 131
- 11 How Our Discourse on Terror Is Controlled 146
- 12 Jihadist Populism 158
- 13 A Radical Hostility 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300223226
- 9780300223224
- OCLC:
- 978641052
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