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Conclusion: Living in the Age of Babel: War, Rhetoric, and the Perils of Hyperbole

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The Tropes of War: Visual Hyperbole and Spectacular Culture
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The concluding chapter presents a discussion about our post-language, post-humanities epoch, and the dangers of living in a world where logos is absent. In its stead is the viscera of media, beyond the reaches of reason and logic.

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Greenbaum, A. (2015). Conclusion: Living in the Age of Babel: War, Rhetoric, and the Perils of Hyperbole. In: The Tropes of War: Visual Hyperbole and Spectacular Culture. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137550774_6

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