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Political Self-Sacrifice - Agency, Body and Emotion in International Relations (Paperback)
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Political Self-Sacrifice - Agency, Body and Emotion in International Relations (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
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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.
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