Media, war, and postmodernity
By: Philip Hammond.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780415374934; 9780415374941; 9780203934173
Subjects: Mass media and war; War in mass media; War and society; Postmodernism -- Social aspects; History, Modern -- 1945-1989; History, Modern -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Postmodernism and 9/11; title: Postmodern war in a world without meaning; title: The humanitarian spectacle; title: The media war on terrorism; title: Culture wars and the post-Vietnam condition; title: Security and vulnerability in the "risk society"; title: Postmodern empire and the "death of the subject"; title: Conclusion: Beyond postmodernity.