In the Wake of Violence : Image & Social Reform / Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R., 1952-

Series:

Rhetoric and public affairs series.

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism.

Social movements.

Political violence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How acts of violence are rhetorically ""managed"" by social movements: In the Wake of Violence explores the immediate and longer term aftermath of violence committed by independent radicals involved in single-issue movements. Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp explores several specific incidents in recent history-the arson of a Vail ski resort by environmentalists, the murder of Dr. John Britton by an antiabortion activist, and the torching of a University of California research laboratory by animal rights activists among them-to discover how the perpetrators of the violence and the majority of refor

Contents:

Table of Contents; RHETORIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - Divided Councils; Escalation to Violence; The Path to Violence; Styles of Activism; Denial and Distancing; Irreconcilable Differences; The Pain of Parting; To Criticize or Not; Critiquing the Critical; Bunker Mentality; 2 - Tarred with the Same Brush; Mistaken Identity; Claims of Defeasibility; Conspiracy; Collusion; Incitement; Freedom of Speech; 3 - The Lunatic Fringe; The Question of the Perpetrator; Size Matters; The Politics of Insanity

The Manchurian ReformerFanatics, Hysterics, and Evildoers; 4 - The Gospel of Despair; Our Greatest Enemy; The Thorn in the Flesh; Media Conspiracy; Distorting the Plot; Backlash; Handing the Opposition a Weapon; 5 - The Squeaky Wheel; Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence; Can't Make an Omelet; Into the Laps of Moderates; Motive Metaphors; A Higher Law; 6 - Responsibility; Last Resort; The Triumvirate of Responsibility; PROVOCATION; OPPRESSION; 7 - Touchstones; The Perfect Martyr; Justified by History; The New Holocaust; Remove the Cause; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-329) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62896-192-9

0-87013-929-0

OCLC:

886111071