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Martyrdom and Terrorism - Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Martyrdom and Terrorism - Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives (Hardcover)
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In recent years, terrorism has become closely associated with
martyrdom in the minds of many terrorists and in the view of
nations around the world. In Islam, martyrdom is mostly conceived
as bearing witness to faith and God. Martyrdom is also central to
the Christian tradition, not only in the form of Christs Passion or
saints faced with persecution and death, but in the duty to lead a
good and charitable life. In both religions, the association of
religious martyrdom with political terror has a long and difficult
history. The essays of this volume illuminate this
historyfollowing, for example, Christian martyrdom from its origins
in the Roman world, to the experience of the deaths of terrorist
leaders of the French Revolution, to parallels in the contemporary
worldand explore historical parallels among Islamic, Christian, and
secular traditions. Featuring essays from eminent scholars in a
wide range of disciplines, Martyrdom and Terrorism provides a
timely comparative history of the practices and discourses of
terrorism and martyrdom from antiquity to the twenty-first century.
Dominic Janes is Reader in Cultural History and Visual Studies at
Birkbeck, University of London. In addition to a spell as a
lecturer at Lancaster University, he has been a research fellow at
London and Cambridge universities. His latest book project is Queer
Martyrdom from John Henry Newman to Derek Jarman. Alex Houen is
Senior University Lecturer in Modern Literature in the Faculty of
English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Pembroke College.
He is author of Terrorism and Modern Literature, as well as various
articles and book chapters on literature and political violence.
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