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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824549503321

Autore

Fierke K. M (Karin M.)

Titolo

Political self-sacrifice : agency, body and emotion in international relations / / K.M. Fierke [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61097-X

1-107-23724-6

1-139-62585-3

1-139-60919-X

1-139-61283-2

1-139-61655-2

1-139-24885-5

1-283-87063-0

1-139-62213-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international relations ; ; 125

Disciplina

327.101/9

Soggetti

International relations - Psychological aspects

Self-sacrifice - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Political self-sacrifice -- Agency -- Body and emotion -- Hunger strikes in Northern Ireland, 1980-1981 -- Martyrdom in Poland, 1984 -- Self-immolation in Vietnam, 1963 -- Martyrdom in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa -- The public diplomacy of suffering.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last decade the increasing phenomenon of suicide terrorism has raised questions about how it might be rational for individuals to engage in such acts. This book examines a range of different forms of political self-sacrifice, including hunger strikes, self-burning and non-violent martyrdom, all of which have taken place in resistance to foreign interference. Karin Fierke sets out to study the strategic and emotional dynamics that arise from the image of the suffering body, including political contestation surrounding the identification of the



victim as a terrorist or martyr, the meaning of the death as suicide or martyrdom and the extent to which this contributes to the reconstruction of community identity. Political Self-Sacrifice offers a counterpoint to rationalist accounts of international terrorism in terrorist and security studies, and is a novel contribution to the growing literature on the role of emotion and trauma in international politics.