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Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 288 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2020
  • Kirjastus: Radius Book Group
  • ISBN-10: 1635769027
  • ISBN-13: 9781635769029
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 288 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2020
  • Kirjastus: Radius Book Group
  • ISBN-10: 1635769027
  • ISBN-13: 9781635769029
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Words on Fire is about the power of communication to do great harm, and how civic leaders andengaged citizens can hold leaders accountable to prevent such harm. Author Helio Fred Garcia focuses on the language President Trump uses that conditions an audience to accept, condone, and commit violence against a targeted group, rival, or critics.

The book includes a history of such rhetoric, and identifies a playbook consisting of twelve forms of communication that typically precede genocides and other acts of mass violence. The Nazis used all twelve; the Rwandan Hutu used ten. Trump uses all twelve. The language triggers lone wolves to commit violence. Since 9/11 the use of rhetoric that provokes violence has been known as “stochastic terrorism,” a phrase that tends to confuse and that makes discussion difficult. The author suggests a more accessible name: lone-wolf whistle violence, on the model of “dog whistle” politics. The book draws on the most recent scholarship on lone wolves, their mindset, and what it takes to activate them to commit violence.

The book documents Trump’s increasingly dangerous rhetoric through his campaign and first term, and how some lone wolves were motivated by the rhetoric to commit violence. It also describes the changes in the nation’s political culture and media that led to Trump’s nomination and presidency. It profiles leaders who dialed back their rhetoric when it was shown to put people’s lives in danger. Words on Fire closes with a call to action: We can learn the lessons of today to prepare for tomorrow, to help civic leaders, engaged citizens, journalists, and public officials recognize the phenomenon and take steps to hold other leaders accountable in the future when they use such language.

Helio Fred Garcia argues and warns us that consequences of incendiary rhetoric are predictable. He focuses on how Donald Trump’s use of dehumanizing language can provoke “lone wolves” to commit acts of violence, a type of violent extremism known as stochastic terrorism. Garcia’s goal is to sound the alarm about this insidious spur to violence by spelling out the mechanisms by which it works so that leaders, citizens, journalists, and others can recognize it when it occurs and hold leaders accountable.

Arvustused

Many of us were taught a lie as youngsters that sticks and stones can break our bones, but words will never hurt us. Garcia courageously, graphically, and powerfully illustrates that it is words on fire that cause deep internal permanent damage while often triggering accompanying physical damage. Words On Fire should be mandatory reading and a guide book for every journalist, business school, religious leader, and elected official. Important institutions in our society and culture have the affirmative responsibility to stand up and speak out against the users and use of dangerous language.

- James E. Lukaszewski, Americas Crisis Guru®

Drawing on history and his deep expertise in communications, Helio Fred Garcia documents how Trump's barrage of hate, divisiveness, and falsehoods are even uglier and more dangerous than we thought, right out of the autocrat's playbook. This is a highly readable guide to how we can call out and combat Trump's toxic language and malignant agenda, and push back against the corrosive forces that enable Trumpism and put our country in peril. - Evan Wolfson, Founder, Freedom to Marry

Garcia, a proven scholar on communication, enables his readers to understand both the benefits and threats of words that inevitably alter the direction and the values of a nation. He identifies rhetoric that breeds violence, affirms autocracy, and prompts terrorism as well as critical responses to those developments that serve as antidotes to trouble and strategies for building a more equitable, united world. - Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President Emeritus, Interfaith Alliance

Language is powerful. It can uplift or harm. Helio Fred Garcia is an astute student of language and communication. This book offers historic examples, keen insights, and valuable advice on recognizing patterns of language that can lead to violence. - David Lapan, Colonel, USMC (ret), Former Pentagon and DHS spokesman

In this dark moment of hateful and divisive rhetoric in our blessed country, at a time when such original analyses and solutions are scarce, Words on Fire serves as a guiding light. Garcia details the incendiary language used by our leaders and offers practical tools for leaders and citizens to combat it. Every American should read this timely, imperative book if we are to save our democracy. - Khizr Khan, Gold Star Parent, Immigrant American

Preface xi
PART I COMMUNICATION AND CONSEQUENCES
Introduction to Part I
1(4)
1 The Power of Communication
5(14)
2 Less Than Human
19(24)
3 Stochastic Terrorism and Lone Wolves
43(20)
PART II TRUMP
Introduction to Part II
63(10)
4 Divide to Conquer
73(20)
5 American Carnage
93(46)
6 What Is Trump Up To?
139(26)
PART III BELIEVING ABSURDITIES
Introduction to Part III
165(4)
7 Trump Not a Cause but a Consequence
169(22)
8 Why People Believe What They Believe
191(16)
PART IV A CALL TO ACTION: PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LEADERS AND CITIZENS
Introduction to Part IV
207(2)
9 Leadership and Accountability
209(20)
10 Be on the Lookout
229(18)
Acknowledgments 247(2)
Notes 249
Helio Fred Garcia (known as Fred) is founder and president of the crisis management firm Logos Consulting Group and also heads its research, publishing, and executive education arm, the Logos Institute for Crisis Management and Executive Leadership. Garcia is an adjunct associate professor in the Professional Development & Leadership department of Columbia Universitys Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he teaches MS and PhD students leadership, ethics, and crisis management. Garcia is in his 32nd year on the New York University faculty, where he has received numerous awards for teaching excellence. He is an adjunct professor of management in the Stern School of Business Executive MBA program. He is an adjunct associate professor of management and communication in the MS in Public Relations and Corporate Communication program. At NYU, Garcia teaches courses in crisis management, crisis communication, communication strategy, and communication ethics and law. Garcia has an active practice coaching and teaching senior executives on leadership communication. For more than 35 years, he has personally coached more than 400 Fortune 500 CEOs, plus thousands of other high-profile individuals in other complex fields. His corporate clients include the largest U.S. and European banks and investment firms, the largest insurance companies, the top pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, hospitals, food and beverage manufacturing and marketing companies, advertising and professional service firms, and technology and software companies. He is the author of four prior books on communication, language, reputation, and trust.