God Willing Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the 'War on Terror' and the Echoing Press

by Domke, David

• ISBN13: 9780745323060
• ISBN10: 0745323065
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-20
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

Reveals how George W. Bush's religious fundamentalism has been transformed into political policy.

Author Biography

David Domke is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Washington. His research examines how political leaders and news media shape public discourse, policy, and opinion within the U.S. political system. Domke is a former journalist and received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1996.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
1 Religion, politics, and the Bush administration	1	(29)
Modern political fundamentalism: a conceptual framework	6	(18)
An overview of the evidence and implications	24	(6)
2 Marking boundaries	30	(31)
Fundamentalism, binaries, and strategic communication	31	(4)
Binary discourse and an echoing press	35	(2)
Analysis of discourse	37	(3)
Binaries: the evidence	40	(16)
Comfort and familiarity, at great cost	56	(5)
3 A "mission" and a "moment," time and again	61	(30)
Fundamentalism, time, and strategic communication	62	(4)
Analysis of discourse	66	(5)
An obsession with time: the evidence	71	(15)
No time for others, or for democracy	86	(5)
4 The universal gospel of freedom and liberty	91	(27)
Fundamentalism, freedom and liberty, and strategic communication	92	(2)
Analysis of discourse	94	(3)
A universal gospel of freedom and liberty: the evidence	97	(18)
Freedom and liberty, rhetoric versus reality	115	(3)
5 Unity, or else	118	(33)
Fundamentalism, dissent, and strategic communication	119	(4)
Analysis of discourse	123	(3)
An intolerance for dissent: the evidence	126	(20)
Dissent, authoritarianism, and the news echo	146	(5)
6 Political fundamentalism, the press, and Democrats	151	(26)
The strategic communications of the Bush administration	154	(8)
An echoing press	162	(7)
The Democrats' language	169	(8)
7 Renewing democracy	177	(9)
Notes	186	(27)
Bibliography	213	(21)
Index	234