Brute Reality (Paperback)

Stuart Price

ISBN 10: 0745320791 / ISBN 13: 9780745320793

Published by Pluto Press, London, 2010

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Paperback. Brute Reality provides an authoritative analysis of those formal attempts, made by prominent social actors, to present a rationale for the existence and exercise of coercive power. The 'War on Terror' and its associated campaigns are presented as an aggressive attempt to assert the contradictory interests of a trans-national elite.The period chosen to illustrate the key characteristics of this enterprise, extends from the state of 'war' created after the September 11th attacks, to the strategic adjustments begun during the nadir of the Iraq adventure; it also includes reference to the modifications in policy carried out under the auspices of the Obama Presidency. The book provides a critical insight into a number of influential structures that have helped to shape contemporary attitudes to warfare, and contains a wealth of transcripts and media sources, from Channel Four's coverage of September 11th, to the rhetorical pronouncements of leading politicians. Brute Reality represents a significant addition to the existing literature on representations of the 'War on Terror' in the mass media, and will have a strong appeal to keen students of media, communication, cultural and American studies. A timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brute Reality (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pluto Press, London
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745320791
• ISBN 13: 9780745320793
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Brute Reality is a fascinating analysis of the attempts by Western countries to justify their increasingly violent foreign-policy agendas and assert the contradictory interests of a transnational elite.

Stuart Price provides a critical insight into a number of influential structures that have helped shape contemporary attitudes to warfare. The book contains a wealth of transcripts and media sources, including Channel Four’s coverage of 9/11 and the rhetorical pronouncements of leading politicians. Beginning with the state of ‘war’ created after the September 11th attacks, Price follows the strategic adjustments begun during the Iraq adventure, and includes reference to the modifications in policy carried out during the Obama Presidency.

Students of media, film and journalism will find this book an invaluable resource for the study of power, rhetoric, and mediation.

About the Author

Stuart Price is Principal Lecturer in Media, Film and Journalism, at De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of Discourse Power Address (2007) and a number of books on media and communication, including Communication Studies (1996). His current research project is based on an analysis of authority and the strategic ' of disorder.