Abdul Muqit

Ideology and Power Relation of Osama bin Laden

A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Osama bin Laden is a famous person. He is well-known with a terrorist label mainly for the Western people. They call him as a bustard terrorist by denoting to his role in killing the innocent people in the bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC) building and Pentagon in 2001. For some Muslims, however, he is a hero. He always participates in every struggle against the infidels who attack the Muslims all over the world. The most interesting aspects of his action against the United States and its allies are his ideologies and power relation that are enforced to his followers. The ideology becomes his principle step in making struggle against the United States and its allies domination over the Muslims countries. Meanwhile, the power relation as his medium in transferring his ideologies to his followers as well as his enemies. The ideologies, such as the oneness of God and the duty to do His orders, the Muslims are brothers, and the Westerns are the Muslims' enemy highlight his movements. The power relations with the United States' allies, God, and the same Muslims are inserted through the ideologies using the linguistic features to transfer them both to the Westerns and the Muslims

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm
• ISBN-13: 9783659342295
• ISBN-10: 3659342297
• Artikelnr.: 37245308

Autorenporträt

Abd. Muqit is a lecturer at State Polytechnic of Malang. He joined the institution in 2006. He got his master level at State University of Surabaya, majoring in English education and literature. Now, he is completing his doctorate level in the same university. His research interests are in stylistics, rhetoric, and discourse.