Saddam's Word : The Political Discourse in Iraq: The Political Discourse in IraqOxford University Press, USA, 8. 1. 1998 - 288 strán (strany) This is the first serious attempt to understand modern Iraq through a close examination of the political discourse used by the Ba'th regime and its leader, Saddam Hussein. By analyzing political terms, concepts, and idioms as disseminated through the official Iraqi mouthpieces, author Ofra Bengio illuminates Iraq's political culture and the events that these expressions have both reflected and shaped. Not only does this study add to our understanding of the "Saddam enigma;" it also offers a more universal truth: that under any regime, political culture is built on public discourse. Saddam's Word will be of much interest to students of the contemporary Middle East, as well as to all other observers of Saddam Hussein and his regime. |
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The Word and the Party | 33 |
Language and Action | 49 |
An Irreplaceable Regime | 69 |
Unity and Separatism | 87 |
Loyalty to the Community or the State? | 98 |
Autonomy or Secession? | 109 |
The Bath Facing Particularism and Secession | 121 |
Glory Honor and Death | 153 |
Epic and Apocalypse | 159 |
The Manipulation of Islam | 176 |
From Islamic Rhetoric to a Vision of Apocalypse | 192 |
The Rape of Language | 203 |
Notes | 213 |
Bibliography | 249 |
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