Saddam´ s world. Political discourse in Iraq

Introduction: Language and politics; Revolution and revival: Revolution: Thesis and antithesis; Ba´th: The Word and the Party; language and action. From "Popular" to totalitarian democracy : The intricacies of democracy; An irreplaceable regime. Unity and separatism_ The sunni Arbs: An issue of double identity; The Shi´is: loyalty to the community or the State; The Kurds: Autonomy or Secession?; The Ba´th facing particularism and secession. Cycles of violence: Three cycles of hostility; The ethos of force. Epic and apocalypse: History as a lever of politics; The manipulation of Islam; From islamic rethoric to a vision of apocalypse. Conclusion: The rape of language.