Title: Neomedievalism, neoconservatism, and the war on terror
Description: "Far from an unfortunate cliche medievalism has become a dominant paradigm for comprehending the identity and motivations of America's perceived enemy in the War on Terror. Yet as Bruce Holsinger argues, this cloying post-9/11 rhetoric has served to obscure the more intricate ideological machinations of neomedievalism, the global idiom of the non-state actor; NGOs, transnational corporate militias, and terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and al Qaeda. While International Relations theorists promote neomedievalism as a model for understanding emergent modes of global sovereignty, neoconservatives exploit its conceptual slipperiness for tactical ends. Holsinger concludes with a careful parsing of the Bush administration's Torture Memos, which enlist neomedievalism's model of feudal sovereignty toward the abrogation of human rights."--book jacket.
Subjects: Human rights, International relations, War crimes, 21st century, History, Politics / Current Events, History: World, USA, Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism, Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism, Current Events / General, Modern - 21st Century, United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, Bush, george w. (george walker), 1946-, War on terrorism, 2001-2009, Politics and government, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Influence, Medievalism, Conservatism, Foreign relations, Political aspects