Imaging terror: Logos, pathos and ethos
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Terrorism has consistently been understood as an act of symbolically intimating and violently eradicating a personal, political, social, ethnic, religious, ideology or radically differentiated enemy. With the help of Internet and other networked information technology, terrorism has taken on an iconic, fetishised, and highly optical character.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2005
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Fighting words: naming terrorists, bandits, rebels and other violent actors
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The core background themes and theories through which the 'politics of naming' are identified and other forms of discourse conflict could be examined. The focus is on the nature, power, role, and function of names along with examining the ethics of naming and terrorism.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2005
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