Contributions

  • Baudrillard, Jean. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Verso, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

13,000 words, Guess

Page Count

52 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101859844111
  • ISBN-139781859844113
  • Goodreads290947
  • LibraryThing6660072
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002033830
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC973.931
  • LCCHV6431 .B373 2002

Alternate Titles

  • Spirit of terrorism ; and, Requiem for the Twin Towers
  • Requiem for the Twin Towers.

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The spirit of terrorism: and, Requiem for the Twin TowersVerso2002-01-01

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