The Domestication of Dissent: Pundits' Contributions to the War on Terrorism

The Domestication of Dissent: Pundits' Contributions to the War on Terrorism

Using as an example a workshop on Islam sponsored by his own university, the author argues that the search for the essential heart of any social movement is a political edeavor insomuch as it is a form of classification that dehistoricizes complex mass social movements, representing them in ways tha...

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Main Author: RUSSELL T. McCUTCHEON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2005-01-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/4801
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