The spirit of terrorism
Subtitle: and, Other essays
By: Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Chris Turner.
Contributors: Baudrillard, Jean.
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Terrorism; Terrorism -- Psychological aspects; Symbolism in politics; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Other titles: Other essays.
Description: "Baudrillard sees the power of terrorism as lying in the symbolism of slaughter - not merely the reality of death, but a sacrificial death that challenges a whole system. Where the revolutionary of the past sought to conduct a struggle of 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. The new edition is updated with the recent essays 'Hypotheses on Terrorism' and 'Violence of the Global'."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The spirit of terrorism; title: Requiem for the Twin Towers; title: Hypotheses on terrorism; title: The violence of the global.