Projecting the Future through Political Discourse
The case of the Bush doctrine
| Kent State University
This monograph examines the rhetorical nature and function of representations of the future in political discourse, focusing on political actors’ use of hegemonic images of future “reality” to achieve their political goals. It argues that a key ideological dimension of political rhetoric lies in politicians’ use of projections of the future to legitimate policies and actions. This argument is grounded in systemic-functional and critical discourse analyses of the “Bush Doctrine,” the U.S. policy response to the September 11 terrorist attacks which sanctioned a “preemptive” military posture. By focusing on the discursive construction of the future, this project addresses a lacunae in critical discourse studies and calls attention to the crucial role that the discourse and practice of “futurology” has played in post-Cold War politics and society. It will be of value to scholars interested in the discourses of politics, the “war on terror,” U.S. national security, and futurology.
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 41] 2011. xi, 218 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. xi–xii
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Why study discourse about the future? | pp. 1–26
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Chapter 2. The Politics, rhetoric, and ideology of projecting the future | pp. 27–54
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Chapter 3. Securing the future for the “American Peace”: Preventive war as national security strategy | pp. 55–88
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Chapter 4. Prefiguring the future: President Bush’s case for war against Iraq | pp. 89–124
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Chapter 5. Transforming national security, legitimating preventive war | pp. 125–146
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Chapter 6. Preserving “Pax Americana”: Back to the future of the Bush Doctrine | pp. 147–164
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Chapter 7. “Clear and present danger”: Building the “World of Tomorrow” in a new security era | pp. 165–188
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Chapter 8. Conclusion | pp. 189–198
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Works cited | pp. 199–214
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Index | pp. 215–218
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Subjects & Metadata
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General