33.186, Books: The Emergence of 'Extremism': Walker

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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:49:29
From: Lian Wilson [lian.wilson at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: The Emergence of 'Extremism': Walker

 


Title: The Emergence of 'Extremism' 
Subtitle: Exposing the Violent Discourse and Language of 'Radicalisation' 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
	   http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
	

Book URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/emergence-of-extremism-9781350199507/ 


Author: Rob Faure Walker

Electronic: ISBN:  9781350199514 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 21.59 Comment: ePub
Electronic: ISBN:  9781350199521 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 21.59 Comment: PDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781350199491 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781350199507 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 23.99


Abstract:

The idea that the expression of radical beliefs is a predictor to future acts
of political violence has been a central tenet of counter-extremism over the
last two decades. Not only has this imposed a duty upon doctors, lecturers and
teachers to inform on the radical beliefs of their patients and students but,
as this book argues, it is also a fundamentally flawed concept. Informed by
his own experience with the UK's "Prevent" programme while teaching in a
Muslim community, Rob Faure Walker explores the linguistic emergence of
'extremism' in political discourse and the potentially damaging generative
effect of this language.

Taking a new approach which combines critical discourse analysis with critical
realism, this book shows how the fear of being labelled as an 'extremist' has
resulted in counter-terrorism strategies which actually undermine moderating
mechanisms in a democracy. Analysing the generative mechanisms by which the
language of counter-extremism might actually promote violence, Faure Walker
explains how understanding the potentially oppressive properties of language
can help us transcend them. The result is an imminent critique of the most
pernicious aspects of the global War on Terror, those that are embedded in our
everyday language and political discourse. Drawing on the author's own
successful lobbying activities against counter-extremism, this book presents a
model for how discourse analysis and critical realism can and should engage
with the political and how this will affect meaningful change.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=156833




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