The Spirit of Terrorism: And Other Essays

Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter--not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between 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. This new edition is up-dated with the essays "Hypotheses on Terrorism" and "Violence of the Global."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/16/2013
ISBN: 9781781680209
Pages: 79
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22d