Rhetorical insurgents: Biopolitics and the insurrectionary rhetoric of McLuhan's cool media

This essay examines the subversive political potential of censored cartoons by the Guantánamo prisoner, Sami al-Hajj. In McLuhan's terms, these cartoons constitute cool media, which I read as a rhetorical response to biopolitical (Foucault) forms of governmental power. I conclude by reflecting...

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Published in:Canadian Review of American Studies
Main Author: Murray, S.J. (Stuart J.)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
biopolitics
biopolitique
cartoons
cool media
dessins
Guantánamo
insurrection
Marshall McLuhan
médium froid
Michel Foucault
Sami al-Hajj
sami
Online Access:https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19439
https://doi.org/10.3138/cras.42.2.123
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spelling ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:19439 2023-05-15T18:10:49+02:00 Rhetorical insurgents: Biopolitics and the insurrectionary rhetoric of McLuhan's cool media Murray, S.J. (Stuart J.) 2012-01-01 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19439 https://doi.org/10.3138/cras.42.2.123 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19439 doi:10.3138/cras.42.2.123 Canadian Review of American Studies vol. 42 no. 2, pp. 123-141 biopolitics biopolitique cartoons cool media dessins Guantánamo insurrection Marshall McLuhan médium froid Michel Foucault Sami al-Hajj info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2012 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.3138/cras.42.2.123 2022-02-06T21:52:01Z This essay examines the subversive political potential of censored cartoons by the Guantánamo prisoner, Sami al-Hajj. In McLuhan's terms, these cartoons constitute cool media, which I read as a rhetorical response to biopolitical (Foucault) forms of governmental power. I conclude by reflecting on the ethical demands of such media. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Carleton University's Institutional Repository Canadian Review of American Studies 42 2 123 141
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insurrection
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médium froid
Michel Foucault
Sami al-Hajj
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description This essay examines the subversive political potential of censored cartoons by the Guantánamo prisoner, Sami al-Hajj. In McLuhan's terms, these cartoons constitute cool media, which I read as a rhetorical response to biopolitical (Foucault) forms of governmental power. I conclude by reflecting on the ethical demands of such media.
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