Revolution and Witchcraft The Code of Ideology in Unsettled Times /

"Dr. Chang expands the utility of micro-level discourse analysis techniques in his investigation of three macro-level idea systems: witch hunt social movements, Mao-era revolutionary campaigns, and the US War on Terror. The result is a fresh understanding of each system, original insight into t...

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Main Author: Chang, Gordon C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1: Introduction
  • Ch. 2: Making Compact Symbolic Structures
  • Ch. 3: Building Internal and External Coherence
  • Ch. 4: Stepwise Inferences and Chain-Complexes of Ideas
  • Ch. 5: Ideas as Chemical Reactions
  • Ch: 6: A Five-Tier Model of Idea System and Ideological Creativity
  • Ch. 7: Compact Symbolic Structures in a Futuristic Idea System
  • Ch. 8: Totality as Internal and External Coherence
  • Ch.9: Detailed, Rigorous Thinking in a Complex Chain of Elastic Codes
  • Ch. 10: Destabilizing Contradictions and Implosions
  • Ch. 11: A Five-Tier Assessment
  • Ch. 12: Codifying the War on Terrorism
  • Ch. 13: Extending the Idea System to the War on Iraq
  • Ch. 14: Post-Invasion Codification
  • 15: Five-Tier Model
  • Ch. 16: Conclusion. .