Media, State and Nation: Political Violence and Collective Identities

Abstract

PART ONE: POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE NEWS MEDIA Introduction The Interpretation of Violence 'Terrorism', the Media and the Liberal-Democratic State A Critique of the Orthodoxy The Media Politics of Siege Management The Case of the Iranian Embassy Siege PART TWO: FIGHTING THE OLD IDEOLOGICAL ENEMY Introduction On the Shape and Scope of Counter-Insurgency Thought Some Aspects of Communism as a Cultural Category - with Philip Elliott The Rise and Fall of a Political Slogan - with Philip Elliott The Case of 'Eurocommunism' PART THREE: PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITY Introduction On National Identity (I) Cultural Politics and the Mediologists On National Identity (II) Collective Identity in Social Theory No Guide for the Perplexed Collective Identities in a Changing Europe