Advocating weapons, war, and terrorism : technological and rhetorical paradox / Ian E.J. Hill

Author: Hill, Ian E. J. (Ian Edward Jackson), 1974-
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date: ©2018
Physical Description: x, 230 pages ; 24 cm.

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RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric

Contents

Introduction: technē's paradox and weapons rhetoric -- Thomas Malthus's population bomb as a pre-text for technē's paradox -- Preaching dynamite : August Spies at the Haymarket trial -- Humane, all too humane : the chemical-weapons advocacy of Major General Amos A. Fries -- Toward a peaceful bomb : Leo Szilard's paradoxical life -- Industrial antipathy : irreparability and Ted Kaczynski's IEDs -- Conclusion : in the presence of weapons and rhetoric.

Summary

"Examines commonplace conflicting beliefs that technology will either annihilate humanity or preserve humanity from annihilation. Argues that the paradoxical capacities of weapons influence how humanity understands violent conflict"--Provided by publisher.

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ISBN

9780271081236 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271081236

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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