The Resource Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
Resource Information
The item Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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 and advocacy 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."--Jacket
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages)
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781571137517
- 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
- Subject
-
- Geschichte
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | German
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Terrorism
- Political violence
- Political violence
- Rote-Armee-Fraktion
- Terrorism
- Terrorism -- Germany (West) -- History
- Terrorism in literature
- Terrorism in literature
- Women terrorists
- Women terrorists -- Germany (West)
- Electronic books
- Germany (West)
- Language
-
- 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 and advocacy 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."--Jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colvin, Sarah
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Rote-Armee-Fraktion
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Rote-Armee-Fraktion
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Terrorism in literature
- Women terrorists
- Terrorism
- Political violence
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Political violence
- Terrorism
- Terrorism in literature
- Women terrorists
- Germany (West)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Label
- Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- 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
- ocn671655727
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781571137517
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786612795619
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 279561
- 22573/ctt235mw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)671655727
- Label
- Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- 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
- ocn671655727
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781571137517
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786612795619
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 279561
- 22573/ctt235mw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)671655727
Subject
- Geschichte
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | German
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Terrorism
- Political violence
- Political violence
- Rote-Armee-Fraktion
- Terrorism
- Terrorism -- Germany (West) -- History
- Terrorism in literature
- Terrorism in literature
- Women terrorists
- Women terrorists -- Germany (West)
- Electronic books
- Germany (West)
Genre
Member of
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/Ulrike-Meinhof-and-West-German-terrorism-/GYZB6wvyK_s/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/Ulrike-Meinhof-and-West-German-terrorism-/GYZB6wvyK_s/">Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sandiego.edu/">University of San Diego Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/Ulrike-Meinhof-and-West-German-terrorism-/GYZB6wvyK_s/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sandiego.edu/portal/Ulrike-Meinhof-and-West-German-terrorism-/GYZB6wvyK_s/">Ulrike Meinhof and West German terrorism : language, violence, and identity, Sarah Colvin</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sandiego.edu/">University of San Diego Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
