Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism by Ian E J Hill

Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism by Ian E J Hill

Examines commonplace conflicting beliefs that technology will either annihilate humanity or preserve humanity from annihilation. Argues that the paradoxical capacities of weapons influence how humanity understands violent conflict.

“This is an impressive first book: well researched, carefully argued, and engagingly writtenHill posits ‘technological rhetoric’ as an original, interdisciplinary perspective on Technē’s Paradox. Grounded in thorough readings of rhetorical critique as well as science and technology studies, his longitudinal study of ‘machine rhetoric’ warrants attention both for the cases examined—from Malthus to the Unabomber—and for the individual and collective insights the analysis yields.”

—David Henry, Sanford Berman Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

“Merging insights from rhetoric, science, and technology studies, Ian Hill analyzes how weapons are simultaneously cast as harbingers of extermination and preservers of peace, revealing novelty and innovation in words about weapons across two centuries. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism is crisply written, thought-provoking, and hauntingly important.”

—Lisa Keränen, author of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research

Ian E. J. Hill is Assistant Professor in the History and Theory of Rhetoric at the University of British Columbia and an affiliate faculty member of the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies.

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ISBN 13	9780271081243
ISBN 10	0271081244
Title	Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism
Author	Ian E J Hill
Series	Rsa Series In Transdisciplinary Rhetoric
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2019-11-05
Number of pages	240
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