Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror

by Bruce Holsinger

President Bush was roundly criticized for likening America's antiterrorism measures to a "crusade" in 2001. Far from just a gaffe, however, such medievalism has become a dominant paradigm for comprehending the identity and motivations of America's perceived enemy in the war on terror. Yet as Bruce Holsinger argues here, this cloying post-9/11 rhetoric has served to obscure the more intricate ideological machinations of neomedievalism, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976147599
• ISBN13: 9780976147596
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 7.1"