Joanne Esch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4394681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanne Esch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Esch |
| SIGNATURE | ESCH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Legitimizing the “War on Terror”
This paper argues that mythical discourse affects political practice by imbuing language with power, shaping what people consider to be legitimate, and driving the determination to act. Drawing on Bottici's (2007) philosophical understanding of political myth as a process of work on a common narrative that answers the human need to ground events in significance, it contributes to the study of legitimization in political discourse by examining the…
Legitimizing the “War on Terror”
This paper argues that mythical discourse affects political practice by imbuing language with power, shaping what people consider to be legitimate, and driving the determination to act. Drawing on Bottici's (2007) philosophical understanding of political myth as a process of work on a common narrative that answers the human need to ground events in significance, it contributes to the study of legitimization in political discourse by examining the…
Legitimizing the “War on Terror”
This paper argues that mythical discourse affects political practice by imbuing language with power, shaping what people consider to be legitimate, and driving the determination to act. Drawing on Bottici's (2007) philosophical understanding of political myth as a process of work on a common narrative that answers the human need to ground events in significance, it contributes to the study of legitimization in political discourse by examining the…
Aesthetics (1 work) · American exceptionalism (1 work) · Barbarism (1 work) · Exceptionalism (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Military History and Strategy (1 work) · Mythology (1 work)