Wesley Kendall, Joseph M. Siracusa, Kevin Noguchi

Language of Terror

How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech in the United States

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The authors examine how the human brain reacts to expressions of political ideology regarding terrorism. By comparing a variety of case studies, they demonstrate how similar acts accompanied by starkly different political language can create cognitive dissonance in the minds of the electorate and influence policy choices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781442235823
• ISBN-10: 1442235829
• Artikelnr.: 41479356

Autorenporträt

Wesley Kendall is a Law Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Genetic Predispositions and the Politics of
Terror
Chapter 2: Genes, Media and the Government in the National Narrative on
Terror
Chapter 3: The Criminalization of Language in the War on Terror
Chapter 4: Genetic Predisposition, Religious Belief and Psychological
Operations in the War on Terror
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index