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This book examines the role of collective violence in the
achievement of solidarity, shedding light on the difficulty faced
by sociology in theorizing violence and warfare as a result of the
discipline's tendency to idealize society in an attempt to
legitimize the idea of progressive social change. Using the global
War on Terror as a focal point, the authors develop this argument
through the related issues of power, knowledge, and ethics,
explaining the War on Terror in terms of the Anglo-American
tradition of imperial power and domination. Exploring the victimage
rituals through which society is brought together in the ritual
domination and destruction of a constructed "villain," Progressive
Violence: Theorizing the War on Terror also considers the price of
the liberal moral values in terms of which the global war on terror
is frequently justified, and the volume of "progressive violence"
involved in advancing the cause of freedom. The authors use this
case to theorize the general role of vicarious victimage ritual in
the social genesis of political violence and sadism, and its
calculated use by politicians to achieve their imperial aims. As
such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory
with interests in terrorism, violence, and geopolitics.
Blending concepts from 'dramatism' such as 'victimage ritual' with
Foucault's approach to modern power and knowledge regimes, this
book presents a novel and illuminating perspective on political
power and domination resulting from the global war on terrorism.
With attention to media sources and political discourse within the
context of the global war on terror, the author draws attention to
the manner in which power elites construct scapegoats by way of a
victimage ritual, thus providing themselves with a political
pretext for extending their power and authority over new
territories and populations, as well as legitimating an
intensification of domestic surveillance and social control. A
compelling analysis of ritual rhetoric and political violence,
Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror will be
of interest to sociologists, political theorists and scholars of
media and communication concerned with questions of surveillance
and social control, political communication, hegemony, foreign
policy and the war on terror.
Blending concepts from 'dramatism' such as 'victimage ritual' with
Foucault's approach to modern power and knowledge regimes, this
book presents a novel and illuminating perspective on political
power and domination resulting from the global war on terrorism.
With attention to media sources and political discourse within the
context of the global war on terror, the author draws attention to
the manner in which power elites construct scapegoats by way of a
victimage ritual, thus providing themselves with a political
pretext for extending their power and authority over new
territories and populations, as well as legitimating an
intensification of domestic surveillance and social control. A
compelling analysis of ritual rhetoric and political violence,
Power, Discourse and Victimage Ritual in the War on Terror will be
of interest to sociologists, political theorists and scholars of
media and communication concerned with questions of surveillance
and social control, political communication, hegemony, foreign
policy and the war on terror.
This book examines the role of collective violence in the
achievement of solidarity, shedding light on the difficulty faced
by sociology in theorizing violence and warfare as a result of the
discipline's tendency to idealize society in an attempt to
legitimize the idea of progressive social change. Using the global
War on Terror as a focal point, the authors develop this argument
through the related issues of power, knowledge, and ethics,
explaining the War on Terror in terms of the Anglo-American
tradition of imperial power and domination. Exploring the victimage
rituals through which society is brought together in the ritual
domination and destruction of a constructed "villain," Progressive
Violence: Theorizing the War on Terror also considers the price of
the liberal moral values in terms of which the global war on terror
is frequently justified, and the volume of "progressive violence"
involved in advancing the cause of freedom. The authors use this
case to theorize the general role of vicarious victimage ritual in
the social genesis of political violence and sadism, and its
calculated use by politicians to achieve their imperial aims. As
such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory
with interests in terrorism, violence, and geopolitics.
This book is a compilation of previously published studies on the
role of culture and language in political violence and terrorism.
These studies have contributed to a paradigmatic shift in
sociological thinking about language and culture in politics,
particularly in regard to the genesis and dynamics of violence and
terrorism. Blending ideas derived from Michel Foucault and Kenneth
Burke, this book is unique in its range of focus from detailed
studies of specific cases of violence and terrorism to peace
movements in resistence of violence, war, and terrorism.
An orphan turned caddy born near the Omaha stockyards, Johnny
Goodman was considered too small, too foreign, and too poor to play
the country club game. But he swore he would prove everyone wrong,
and before a nation's riveted gaze this self-taught kid from the
wrong side of the tracks beat the legendary Bobby Jones in the 1929
U.S.
Amateur at a little-known California course called Pebble Beach.
Goodman's victory sent shock waves through the rarified world of
golf in the Roaring Twenties, but he was just getting started. The
idealistic Goodman clung to his amateur status despite lucrative
offers from sponsors and Hollywood, ultimately winning the 1933
U.S. Open--the last amateur to perform this stunning feat. A hero
in the Depression-era press, Goodman went on to win the 1937 U.S.
Amateur--becoming only the fifth golfer in history to wear both
crowns.
Like The Greatest Game Ever Played, Michael Blaine's King of Swings
brings the story of one of golf's forgotten heroes to life.
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