Saddam's word : political discourse in Iraq / Ofra Bengio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bengio, Ofra, author.

Series:

Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)

Studies in Middle Eastern History

Standardized Title:

ʻIraḳ shel Tsadam. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.

Hussein, Saddam.

Discourse analysis--Political aspects--Iraq.

Discourse analysis.

Government and the press--Iraq.

Government and the press.

Mass media policy--Iraq.

Mass media policy.

Iraq--Politics and government--1991-2003.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first serious attempt to understand modern Iraq through a close examination of the political discourse used by the Ba'th regime and its leader, Saddam Hussein. By analyzing political terms, concepts, and idioms as disseminated through the official Iraqi mouthpieces, author Ofra Bengio illuminates Iraq's political culture and the events that these expressions have both reflected and shaped. Not only does this study add to our understanding of the ""Saddam enigma;"" it also offers a more universal truth: that under any regime, political culture is built on public discourse. Saddam's

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Language and Politics; I: Revolution and Revival; 1 Revolution: Thesis and Antithesis; Inqilab: Coup or Revolution?; Multifaceted Intifada; Thawra: Highest on the Value Scale; Ridda: From Apostasy to Reaction; 2 Ba'th: The Word and the Party; The Ba'th: "Permanent Revolution and the Renewal of Youth"; "A Single Arab Nation"; The Threefold Way: Unity, Freedom, Socialism; 3 Language and Action; The "Ba'thization" of Iraqi Society; Struggle and Violence: End or Means?; II: From "Popular" to Totalitarian Democracy; 4 The Intricacies of "Democracy"

"The Dictatorship of Popular Democracy"The Sword of Democracy; The Pejorative Triplet: Libiraliyya, Barlamaniyya, Ta'addudiyya; 5 An Irreplaceable Regime; The Indispensable Leader; Oath of Allegiance; The Myth of Saddam Husayn; Husayn's Role Models; III: Unity and Separatism; 6 The Sunni Arabs: An Issue of Double Identity; Guardians of "the Iraqi Tent"; Standard-Bearers of Arabism; The Dialectics of "Iraqiness" and Arabism; 7 The Shi'is: Loyalty to the Community or the State?; Ta'ifiyya: Part Sectarianism, Part Racism; The Evils of Shu'ubiyya; Iqlimiyya: The Enemy of Unity

8 The Kurds: Autonomy or Secession?Ba'th Ambiguity toward the Kurds; A New Framework for Identity: The 1970 Autonomy; Kurdish Nationalism versus Arab and Iraqi Nationalism; 9 The Ba'th Facing Particularism and Secession; IV: Cycles of Enmity and Violence; 10 Three Cycles of Hostility; Imperialism: "An Antediluvian Dinosaur"; Israel: "The Monstrous Entity"; Iran: "The Yellow Storm"; 11 The Ethos of Force; A Vision of Strength and Greatness; A Military Society; Glory, Honor, and Death; V: Epic and Apocalypse; 12 History as a Lever of Politics; Recherche du temps perdu; On Writing History

Making History KnownHistory Is Returning: Qadisiyya as a Parable; 13 The Manipulation of Islam; Ba'thi Convolutions over Islam; Husayn's Islamic Rhetoric; Islam in the Service of the War; 14 From Islamic Rhetoric to a Vision of Apocalypse; "A Mission to the Nation and to Mankind"; The War of the Elephant; Conclusion: The Rape of Language; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-60256-200-8

9786610454037

0-19-535418-4

1-280-45403-2

OCLC:

57365454