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Media, War, and Postmodernity by Philip Hammond is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Media, War, and Postmodernity about?

Media, War and Postmodernity investigates how conflict and international intervention have changed since the end of the Cold War, asking why Western military operations are now conducted as high-tech media spectacles, apparently more important for their propaganda value than for any strategic aims.Discussing the humanitarian interventions of the 1990s and the War on Terror, the book analyzes the rise of a postmodern sensibility in domestic and international politics, and explores how the projection of power abroad is undermined by a lack of cohesion and purpose at home. Drawing together debates from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, Philip Hammond argues that contemporary warfare may be understood as'postmodern'in that it is driven by the collapse of grand narratives in Western societies and constitutes an attempt to recapture a sense of purpose and meaning.

Who reads Media, War, and Postmodernity?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Philip Hammond
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9781134188345
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Sociology, Science

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