Usurping Suicide - The Political Resonances of Individual Deaths (Paperback)

Can an individual act of suicide be socially significant, or does it present too many imponderable features? This book examines suicide like no other. Unconcerned with the individual dispositions that lead a person to commit such an act, Usurping Suicide focuses on the reception suicides have produced - their political, social and cultural implications. How does a particular act of suicide enable a collective significance to be attached to it? And what contextual circumstances predispose a politicised public response? From Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation during regime change in Tunisia to Dimitris Christoulas's public shooting at a time of increased political upheaval in Greece, and beyond - this remarkable work examines how the individuality of the act of suicide poses a disturbing symbolic conundrum for the dominant liberal order.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2017
Authors:	Suman Gupta • Milena Katsarska • Theodoros A. Spyros • Mike Hajimichael
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-78699-098-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
LSN:	1-78699-098-9
Barcode:	9781786990983

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