{"product_id":"9780976147596","title":"Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresident Bush was roundly criticized for likening America’s antiterrorism measures to a “crusade” in 2001. Far from just a gaffe, however, such medievalism has become a dominant paradigm for comprehending the identity and motivations of America’s perceived enemy in the war on terror. Yet as Bruce Holsinger argues here, this cloying post-9\/11 rhetoric has served to obscure the more intricate ideological machinations of \u003ci\u003eneomedievalism\u003c\/i\u003e, the global idiom of the non-state actor: non-governmental organizations, transnational corporate militias, and terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the role of neomedievalism in contemporary politics. While international-relations theorists promote neomedievalism as a model for understanding emergent modes of global sovereignty, neoconservatives exploit its conceptual slipperiness for their own tactical ends. Holsinger concludes with a careful parsing of the Bush administration’s torture memos, which enlist neomedievalism’s model of feudal sovereignty on behalf of the abrogation of human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prickly Paradigm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013583585520,"sku":"9780976147596","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780976147596_p0.jpg?v=1763879002","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780976147596","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}