The Great Satan vs. the Mad Mullahs: How the United States and Iran Demonize Each OtherBloomsbury Publishing USA, 30 sep 2005 - 316 pagina's The United States and Iran have been estranged for 25 years. They have carried out a mutual process of demonization that is unprecedented in modern history, based on cultural hot buttons that have the power to galvanize the populations of both countries. Iranian leaders have characterized the United States as the Great Satan—an evil corruptor that pollutes society and destroys personal morality. American leaders characterize the members of the current government of the Islamic Republic of Iran as Mad Mullahs, wild-eyed and irrational. Giving a thorough account of the background of U.S.-Iranian relations, Beeman claims that the current accusations of both Iran and the United States are baseless, consisting largely of public invective and symbolic rhetoric according to their own mythologies of evil. American leaders characterize the members of the current government of the Islamic Republic of Iran as Mad Mullahs, wild-eyed and irrational. They accuse them of fomenting the hostage crisis, in which American embassy personnel were held for 444 days at the end of the Carter administration, dealing a severe blow to U.S. national honor. The Bush administration has further accused the Iranians of being part of an Axis of Evil on the basis of their alleged support of terrorists, oppression of women and minorities, and development of nuclear weapons. Giving a thorough account of the background of U.S.-Iranian relations, Beeman claims that the current accusations of both Iran and the United States are baseless, consisting largely of public invective and symbolic rhetoric according to their own mythologies of evil. |
Inhoudsopgave
| 1 | |
| 13 | |
3 Middle Eastern Myths | 23 |
4 Discourse and Rhetoric | 35 |
5 Images of the Great Satan | 49 |
6 Images of the Mad Mullah | 69 |
Modernization and Development as an Index of National Worth | 91 |
8 The Sins of the United States | 119 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs: How the United States and Iran Demonize ... William O. Beeman Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2008 |
The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs: How the United States and Iran Demonize ... William O. Beeman Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2005 |
The Great Satan Vs. the Mad Mullahs: How the United States and Iran Demonize ... William O. Beeman Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2008 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accusation actions Afghanistan Ahmadinejad Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani al Qaeda attacks Ayatollah Khomeini bazaar became Beeman began broadcast Bush administration century clergy clerical Committee on Foreign communication conflict Congress continued corrupt deal discourse economic election external faqih forces foreign policy groups Guardian Council Gulf Hashemi-Rafsanjani Hezbollah Hooglund Hossein hostage crisis ideology Imam industry institutions Iran Iran's Iranian culture Iranian government Iranian Revolution Iraq Iraqi Islamic Republic Keddie Khamene'i Khatami Middle East Middle Eastern military modern Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Muslim nations Nikki officials Osama bin Laden Pahlavi Palestinian percent period Persian political President Qaeda Qajar radio reform regime relations relationship religious revolutionary Reza Shah role rulers Saddam Hussein Satan Saudi SAVAK secular shah's Shi'a Shi'a Islam Shi'ism Shi'ite social Studies symbolic Tehran television terrorist tion traditional U.S. Government Printing United University Press Washington Western women York