Failed Crusade: Afghanistan as Liberal Holy War in Presidential Discourse.

This paper argues that the twenty-year U.S. war in Afghanistan can persuasively be viewed as a holy war prosecuted on behalf of American-style liberalism. To make this argument, it develops a framework for understanding holy war as an issue of communication and draws on the work of Émile Durkheim, P...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Communication & Religion Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 5 - 29
Autor principal:	Fowler, Randall
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Religious Communication Association Summer2022
Materias:	Religious wars Afghan War, 2001-2021 Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917 Crusades (Middle Ages) Presidents of the United States United States armed forces Jihad United States presidential elections Afghanistan
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