"A Hedge against the Future": The Post-Cold War Rhetoric of Nuclear Weapons Modernization

Autor/in	Taylor, Bryan C.
Titel	"A Hedge against the Future": The Post-Cold War Rhetoric of Nuclear Weapons Modernization
Quelle	In: Quarterly Journal of Speech, 96 (2010) 1, S.1-24 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-5630
Schlagwörter	Weapons; War; Rhetoric; Risk; Security (Psychology); Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weapon; Waffe; Krieg; Rhetorik; Risiko; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit
Abstract	Rhetoric has traditionally played an important role in constituting the nuclear future, yet that role has changed significantly since the declared end of the Cold War. Viewed from the perspectives of nuclear criticism and postmodern theories of risk and security, current rhetoric of US nuclear modernization demonstrates how contingencies of voice and persona mediate the success of official depictions of the future as a warrant for proposals to innovate nuclear weapons. In particular, two forces destabilize the virtuous persona of modernization's advocates: incongruity between the types of risk they conceptualize, and an ethic of "responsibility" that opposes their promotion of instrumental "responsiveness." These forces create openings for challenge by a rising international movement to abolish nuclear weapons. (Contains 103 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10