Political self-sacrifice agency, body and emotion in international relations

This title examines the theoretical and strategic issues which arise from different forms of political self-sacrifice, 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fierke, K. M. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press cop. 2013
Colección:Cambridge studies in international relations
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.