The emergence of the spectacle of terror as a form of politics raises important questions about how fear and anxiety can be marketed. This book explores how forms of media challenge the very nature of politics and how they provide alternative public spheres, pluralize political struggles, and expand rather than close down democratic relations.

Chapter 1 Acts of Translation; Chapter 2 Rethinking the Politics of the Spectacle in the Society of the Image;

Henry A. Giroux currently holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department. His most recent books include The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (2007) and Against the Terror of Neoliberalism (2008).