Format:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781849642576
Content:
Reveals how George W. Bush's religious fundamentalism has been transformed into political policy.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Religion, politics, and the Bush administration -- Modern political fundamentalism: a conceptual framework -- An overview of the evidence and implications -- 2 Marking boundaries -- Fundamentalism, binaries, and strategic communication -- Binary discourse and an echoing press -- Analysis of discourse -- Binaries: the evidence -- Comfort and familiarity, at great cost -- 3 A "mission" and a "moment," time and again -- Fundamentalism, time, and strategic communication -- Analysis of discourse -- An obsession with time: the evidence -- No time for others, or for democracy -- 4 The universal gospel of freedom and liberty -- Fundamentalism, freedom and liberty, and strategic communication -- Analysis of discourse -- A universal gospel of freedom and liberty: the evidence -- Freedom and liberty, rhetoric versus reality -- 5 Unity, or else -- Fundamentalism, dissent, and strategic communication -- Analysis of discourse -- An intolerance for dissent: the evidence -- Dissent, authoritarianism, and the news echo -- 6 Political fundamentalism, the press, and Democrats -- The strategic communications of the Bush administration -- An echoing press -- The Democrats' language -- 7 Renewing democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745323060
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780745323060
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3386152
