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Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
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- Summary
- In 1970 Ulrike Meinhof abandoned a career as a political journalist to join the Red Army Faction; captured as a terrorist along with other members of the group in 1972, she died an unexplained death in a high-security prison in 1976. A charismatic spokesperson for the RAF, she has often come near to being idealized as a freedom fighter, despite her use of extreme violence. In an effort to understand how terrorism takes root, Sarah Colvin seeks a dispassionate view of Meinhof and a period when West Germany was declaring its own "war on terror." Ulrike Meinhof always remained a writer, and this book focuses on the role of language in her development and that of the RAF: how Meinhof came to justify violence to the point of murder, creating an identity for the RAF as resistance fighters in an imagined state of war that was reinforced by the state's adoption of what Andreas Musolff has called 'war terminology.' But its all-powerful identity as a fighting group eroded the RAF's empathy with other human beings - even those it once claimed to be 'fighting for.' It became a closed unit, self-justifying and immobilized by its own conviction that everything it did must be right. This is the first specialized study of Meinhof and the RAF in English - which is remarkable given the current interest in the topic in both Europe and the U.S. Sarah Colvin is Professor and Eudo C. Mason Chair of the German Department at the University of Edinburgh, UK
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Apr 2018)
- Contents
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- Introduction : terrorists, language, and the state
- 1. Fighting talk (1959-69) : from peace movement to the revolutionary legitimacy of violence
- 2. The personal is political (1966-70) : from feminism to a language for the revolution
- 3. The shrinking circle (1970-72) : from die rote armee aufbauen to the May bombings
- 4. Drawing a line between the enemy and ourselves : the language trap
- 5. Violence as identity : prison writing, 1972-76
- 6. Violence as a woman's identity? : Terrorism and gender
- Conclusion : From warrior revolutionaries to logical fallacies : language, violence, and identity
- Isbn
- 9781571134158
- Label
- Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity
- Title
- Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism
- Title remainder
- language, violence, and identity
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Colvin
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- In 1970 Ulrike Meinhof abandoned a career as a political journalist to join the Red Army Faction; captured as a terrorist along with other members of the group in 1972, she died an unexplained death in a high-security prison in 1976. A charismatic spokesperson for the RAF, she has often come near to being idealized as a freedom fighter, despite her use of extreme violence. In an effort to understand how terrorism takes root, Sarah Colvin seeks a dispassionate view of Meinhof and a period when West Germany was declaring its own "war on terror." Ulrike Meinhof always remained a writer, and this book focuses on the role of language in her development and that of the RAF: how Meinhof came to justify violence to the point of murder, creating an identity for the RAF as resistance fighters in an imagined state of war that was reinforced by the state's adoption of what Andreas Musolff has called 'war terminology.' But its all-powerful identity as a fighting group eroded the RAF's empathy with other human beings - even those it once claimed to be 'fighting for.' It became a closed unit, self-justifying and immobilized by its own conviction that everything it did must be right. This is the first specialized study of Meinhof and the RAF in English - which is remarkable given the current interest in the topic in both Europe and the U.S. Sarah Colvin is Professor and Eudo C. Mason Chair of the German Department at the University of Edinburgh, UK
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colvin, Sarah
- Dewey number
- 363.325092
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6433.G3
- LC item number
- C65 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Terrorism
- Women terrorists
- Label
- Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Apr 2018)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : terrorists, language, and the state -- 1. Fighting talk (1959-69) : from peace movement to the revolutionary legitimacy of violence -- 2. The personal is political (1966-70) : from feminism to a language for the revolution -- 3. The shrinking circle (1970-72) : from die rote armee aufbauen to the May bombings -- 4. Drawing a line between the enemy and ourselves : the language trap -- 5. Violence as identity : prison writing, 1972-76 -- 6. Violence as a woman's identity? : Terrorism and gender -- Conclusion : From warrior revolutionaries to logical fallacies : language, violence, and identity
- Control code
- CR9781571137517
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781571134158
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Apr 2018)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : terrorists, language, and the state -- 1. Fighting talk (1959-69) : from peace movement to the revolutionary legitimacy of violence -- 2. The personal is political (1966-70) : from feminism to a language for the revolution -- 3. The shrinking circle (1970-72) : from die rote armee aufbauen to the May bombings -- 4. Drawing a line between the enemy and ourselves : the language trap -- 5. Violence as identity : prison writing, 1972-76 -- 6. Violence as a woman's identity? : Terrorism and gender -- Conclusion : From warrior revolutionaries to logical fallacies : language, violence, and identity
- Control code
- CR9781571137517
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781571134158
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
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