Manchester University Press
6 NMD and the ‘everyday’
Abstract
This chapter further discusses missile defence, although it shifts from the official strategic documents to ‘everyday’ practices, first describing the realm of the everyday as one which covers an entire network of socially embedded meaning, and then stating that NMD connects with the sphere of daily life in various ways. The next section considers the use of the image of the defence shield to describe the function of NMD and takes a look at the place where missile defence – as identity practice – is reproduced in and intersects with daily life discourses. The chapter also introduces David Tanks' analogy, where the defence system is compared to the stages of a baseball match, and the intimate correlation between popular culture and the textual practices of US foreign policy.
Abstract
This chapter further discusses missile defence, although it shifts from the official strategic documents to ‘everyday’ practices, first describing the realm of the everyday as one which covers an entire network of socially embedded meaning, and then stating that NMD connects with the sphere of daily life in various ways. The next section considers the use of the image of the defence shield to describe the function of NMD and takes a look at the place where missile defence – as identity practice – is reproduced in and intersects with daily life discourses. The chapter also introduces David Tanks' analogy, where the defence system is compared to the stages of a baseball match, and the intimate correlation between popular culture and the textual practices of US foreign policy.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Michel Foucault and NMD 13
- 2 Revisiting missile defence 33
- 3 NMD 58
- 4 NMD and foreign policy discourse 77
- 5 NMD and ‘regimes of truth’ 100
- 6 NMD and the ‘everyday’ 112
- 7 Reflections on NMD and identity 132
- Bibliography 145
- Index 171
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Michel Foucault and NMD 13
- 2 Revisiting missile defence 33
- 3 NMD 58
- 4 NMD and foreign policy discourse 77
- 5 NMD and ‘regimes of truth’ 100
- 6 NMD and the ‘everyday’ 112
- 7 Reflections on NMD and identity 132
- Bibliography 145
- Index 171
