{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-terrorism-and-other-essays-9781781680209","title":"The Spirit of Terrorism: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Baudrillard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter--not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old revolutionary sought to conduct a struggle between real forces in the context of ideology and politics, the new terrorist mounts a powerful symbolic challenge which, when combined with high-tech resources, constitutes an unprecedented assault on an over-sophisticated and vulnerable West. This new edition is up-dated with the essays \"Hypotheses on Terrorism\" and \"Violence of the Global.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413020631191,"sku":"9781781680209","price":1557.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781781680209.webp?v=1767444598","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-spirit-of-terrorism-and-other-essays-9781781680209","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}