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'.
| ISBN: | 9781859844489 |
| Publication date: | 29th August 2003 |
| Author: | Jean Baudrillard |
| Publisher: | Verso an imprint of Verso UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 105 pages |
| Genres: |
Terrorism, armed struggle Western philosophy from c 1800 Social and political philosophy |