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Title: Talking Terrorism : A Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence by Philip Herbst ISBN: 0-313-32486-7 Publisher: Greenwood Press Pub. Date: 30 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Language Without the Spin
Comment: This is a very unusual book. Although it explores words, it's not really a dictionary. It's about political violence, explained from the point of view of biased language-a kind of Orwellian study for the reference librarian. The book looks at how the use and manipulation of language creates reality and challenges us to rethink our views. It invites us to look carefully into the nonnuanced language that can raise bigotry, fabricate enemies, and incite-even exalt-violence, and that has the power even to curse victims and foster forgetfulness of those who died for one's own cause. This is often the everyday language churned out by the media and government: buzzwords such as "weapons of mass destruction"; stereotypes like those surrounding Jews, Muslims, or, in America's past, the eastern European, disparaged as an anarchist; and all the other rhetorical chauvinism that shuts down dialogue and critical thinking and simplifies reality to suit the demagogic few. The author is an anthropologist who balances the treatment of diverse groups worldwide. Readers sensitive to exposure to the self-serving propaganda of their own group may turn away, but to their loss. This is a readable book. I recommend it to every American. *****
Rating: 5
Summary: I Guess Objectivity Scares Some People
Comment: I couldn't disagree with scorpio1952 more. This book does two things: It presents an objective definition of the language used concerning terrorism and political violence, and it also shows how this language is manipulated--by both sides--to affect our beliefs and perceptions. Of course, terrorism is a sensitive topic, and I suspect there are a few people who will be unwilling/unable to tolerate this kind of analysis. (It's much easier to look at it as good vs. evil, right vs. wrong.) But if you're really interested in understanding terrorism, political violence, and all the parties involved, you'll benefit from this book. Highly recommended.
Rating: 1
Summary: Islamist propaganda
Comment: Did you know that the United States is a police state and that race riots were actually "massacres of black people"? Or that Islam is the most tolerant of the three monotheistic religions? These are just three examples of this author's outrageous statements. This book is sheer propaganda, full of ignorance, outright lies, and sleight-of-word reversals to minimize and excuse Islamist terrorism while blaming its victims. The author promotes a false equivalence and a phony "evenhandedness" and even engages in libel. (For instance, he falsely claims that Maimonides, the 12th-century Jewish philosopher, said that black people are "subhuman." Maimonides never said any such thing.) He cleverly uses passive verbs a lot so he doesn't have to say WHO says or thinks the ideas he is asserting. This serves to mask the perpetrator of a lie and give false universalism to something (e.g., "It is known that...." Is it? WHO knows it?) If I had another 1,000 words I could give many, many examples. Do NOT waste your money on this book!
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Title: How Not to Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of Euphemisms (Oxford Paperback Reference S.) by R. W. Holder ISBN: 0198604025 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Facts on File Calculus Handbook (The Facts on File Science Handbooks) by Eli Maor ISBN: 081604581X Publisher: Facts on File Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition with CD-ROM and Online Subscription by Merriam-Webster ISBN: 0877798095 Publisher: Merriam-Webster Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: From Megaphones to Microphones: Speeches of American Women, 1920-1960 by Sandra J. Sarkela, Susan Mallon Ross, Margaret A. Lowe ISBN: 0275977722 Publisher: Praeger Paperback Pub. Date: 30 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Clean Water: An Introduction to Water Quality and Pollution Control by Kenneth M. Vigil ISBN: 0870714988 Publisher: Oregon State University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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