num_pages: 120
description: Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter – not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated and vulnerable West. This new edition is up-dated with the essays ‘Hypotheses on Terrorism’ and ‘Violence of the Global’.
language: English
title: The Spirit of Terrorism and Other essays
titlecomplete: The Spirit of Terrorism and Other essays
genres: Essays, Politics, Philosophy, Cultural, Terrorism, Theory, Nonfiction, Sociology, History, France
ratings_count: 1079
publisher: Verso