%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®We are at war¡¯: Continuity and rupture in French anti
%A Julien Fragnon
%J Media, War & Conflict
%@ 1750-6360
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1750635219846035
%X This article analyses the circulation of the word ¡®war¡¯ in French anti-terrorist discourse since the 1980s. Although its use was apparent well before the attacks carried out in 2015, it experienced such a rise in frequency that it formed a discursive rupture. Its usage seeks to intensify the intentions traditionally evoked by anti-terrorist discourse by calling attention to amplification in the situation, while also seeking to justify a strategy based on exceptional circumstances
%K argument
%K discourse
%K France
%K temporality
%K terrorism
%K war
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1750635219846035