Abstract
The language used to describe conflict situations, whether military, political, or personal, has the potential to help resolve or escalate. Terms such as “collateral damage,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “final solution” often refer to historical events, but can also be used to condemn or endorse particular points of view in political speeches, the media, and local debate. Euphemisms, oxymorons, propaganda, jargon: all come into play. The nuanced and powerful rhetoric of conflict is the topic of Talking Conflict, an interesting and wide-ranging encyclopedia discussing the impact of linguistics, political science, journalism, and other fields on the language of conflict.
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
Summer 2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.56.4.307
Related Content
Wittman, A. M. (2016). Talking conflict: The loaded language of genocide, political violence, terrorism, and warfare. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Repository Citation
Bartlett, Jennifer A., "Book Review: Talking Conflict: The Loaded Language of Genocide, Political Violence, Terrorism, and Warfare" (2017). Library Faculty and Staff Publications. 293.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_facpub/293
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Reference & User Services Quarterly, v. 56, issue 4, p. 307-308.
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