Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It

by Helio Fred Garcia

Book Overview

Helio Fred Garcia argues and warns us that consequences of incendiary rhetoric are predictable. He focuses on how Donald Trump's use of dehumanizing language can provoke "lone wolves" to commit acts of violence, a type of violent extremism known as stochastic terrorism. Garcia's goal is to sound the alarm about this insidious spur to violence by spelling out the mechanisms by which it works so that leaders, citizens, journalists, and others can recognize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635769027
• ISBN13: 9781635769029
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Radius Book Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"