Jeff Lewis (professor)
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Jeff Lewis is an Australian academic who is professor of media and cultural studies at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of numerous refereed articles and books which focus on cultural interface and conflict. His work on political violence and terrorism has been particularly important for government, community and media debate. Lewis is also a documentary-maker and musician.
Lewis's academic work has sought to re-politicise the concept of 'culture', re-building poststructural and
Consequently, it is too simplistic to explain the war against ISIS in terms of familiar dichotomies—Islam/the West, tradition/modernity, theocracy/democracy, repression/freedom. Nor is it appropriate to explain the
Lewis has also famously argued that humans of the advanced world are the most violent beings of all times. Challenging people like
Lewis has made a major contribution to the field of
Other Cultural Studies scholars have drawn similar conclusions, promoting a '
Works
- Jeff Lewis, Extremity of the Skies, Flinders Publishing, Melbourne 2000 (reprint)
- Jeff Lewis, Language Wars: The Role of Media and Culture in Global Terror and Political Violence Pluto Books, London, 2005. Arabic translation 2010.
- Jeff Lewis (with Belinda Lewis), Bali's Silent Crisis, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham MD, 2009.
- Jeff Lewis, Crisis in the Global Mediasphere: Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation,. Palgrave, London, 2011.
- Jeff Lewis, Global Media Apocalypse, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2013. Jeff Lewis, Health Communication, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.http://www.rowmaninternational.com/books/media-culture-and-human-violence
- Jeff Lewis, 'Apocalyptic Erotica Now! The Allure of ISIS Online', 'The Conversation, March 2015a,https://theconversation.com/apocalyptic-erotica-now-the-allure-of-islamic-state-online-38782
- Jeff Lewis, Cultural Studies, Sage, London, 2002, 2008.
- Jeff Lewis (with Belinda Lewis), Health Communication: A Media and Cultural Studies Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015.
- Jeff Lewis, Media, Culture and Human Violence: From Savage Lovers to Violent Complexity, Rowman and Littlefield, London, 2015b
References
- ^ J. Yakeley and J, Meloy (2012) 'Understanding violence: does psychoanalytic thinking matter?' Aggression and Violent Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2012.02.006
- ^ "John Gray: Steven Pinker is wrong about violence and war". the Guardian. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ A. Hepp, (2015) Transcultural Communication, Wiley Blackwell, London.
- ^ A. Badiou, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil, Verso, London.