Fighting Words: Book Explores Political Language

Fighting Words: Book Explores Political Language

In “Words of Conflict, Words of War: How the Language We use in Political Processes Sparks Fighting” (Praeger, 2010), Georgetown’s Fathali Moghaddam and Rom Harré edit a series of essays showing how heads of state use language to redirect collective politics supporting conflict or peace.

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