The Nile on eBay Martyrdom and Terrorism by Dominic Janes, Alex Houen
This pioneering collection of essays explores the intertwined histories of martyrdom and terrorism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Christian and Islamic traditions of moral witness and debate over the justified use of militant sacrifice are situated in relation to the development of Western nationalism, with a particular focus on the French Revolution and imperialism.
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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 Christ's 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 religiousmartyrdom with political terror has a long and difficult history. The essays of this volume illuminate this history--following, for example, Christian martyrdom from its origins in the Roman world, to theexperience of the deaths of "terrorist" leaders of the French Revolution, to parallels in the contemporary world--and 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.
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
ContributorsAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsIntroductionPart I: Martyrdom and Pre-Modern Violence1. Kate Cooper, Martyrdom, Memory, and the "Media Event": Visionary Writing and Christian Apology in Second-Century Christianity2. Asma Afsaruddin, Martyrdom in Islamic Thought and Praxis: A Historical Survey3. Susannah Monta, Rendering unto Caesar: The Rhetorics of Divided Loyalties in Tudor England4. Gary Waller, Kristeva's "New Knowledge": Terrorism, Martyrdom, and Psychoanalytic Humanism: Insights from Two Early Modern Instances.Part II: The French Revolution and the Invention of Terrorism5. Julia V. Douthwaite, Martyrdom, Terrorism, and the Rhetoric of Sacrifice: The cases of Marat, Robespierre, and Loiserolles6. David Andress, The Sentimental Construction of Martyrdom as Motivation in the Thought of Robespierre, 1789-17927. Ronald Schechter, Terror, Vengeance and Martyrdom in the French Revolution: The Case of the Shades8. Dominic Janes, John Foxe and British Attitudes to Martyrdom after the French RevolutionPart III: Martyrdom, Terrorism and the Modern West9. Guy Beiner, Fenianism and the Martyrdom-Terrorism Nexus in Ireland before Independence10. Akil N. Awan, Spurning "this Worldly Life": Terrorism and Martyrdom in Contemporary Britain11. Alex Houen, Martyrdom and Hostage Executions in the Iraq War: The Cases of Kenneth Bigley and Margaret Hassan12. Jolyon Mitchell, Filming the Ends of MartyrdomSelect BibliographyIndex
Review
"This book offers an important and timely contribution to debates about terrorism. By tracing the meanings of martyrdom, sacrifice, and terrorism across a range of cultural and historical contexts, the essays in this book shed new light on the role of religion, secularism, and sovereignty in shaping our understanding of political violence."--Stephen Morton, author of States of Emergency: Colonialism, Literature and Law
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A timely comparative history of the practices and discourses of terrorism and martyrdom from antiquity to the twenty-first century
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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 Christ's 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 religiousmartyrdom with political terror has a long and difficult history. The essays of this volume illuminate this history--following, 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 thecontemporary world--and 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.
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"This book offers an important and timely contribution to debates about terrorism. By tracing the meanings of martyrdom, sacrifice, and terrorism across a range of cultural and historical contexts, the essays in this book shed new light on the role of religion, secularism, and sovereignty in shaping our understanding of political violence."--Stephen Morton, author of States of Emergency: Colonialism, Literature and Law
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"This book offers an important and timely contribution to debates about terrorism. By tracing the meanings of martyrdom, sacrifice, and terrorism across a range of cultural and historical contexts, the essays in this book shed new light on the role of religion, secularism, and sovereignty in shaping our understanding of political violence."--Stephen Morton, author of States of Emergency: Colonialism, Literature and Law
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Selling point: Combines scholarship on Christian and Islamic martyrdom to establish a fresh comparative approach to how those religions' beliefs and practices have been implicated in terrorism.Selling point: Offers perspectives from eminent scholars in a wide array of disciplines
Details ISBN0199959870 Short Title MARTYRDOM & TERRORISM Language English ISBN-10 0199959870 ISBN-13 9780199959877 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Author Alex Houen Subtitle Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives Edited by Alex Houen DEWEY 201.763325 Position Senior University Lecturer in Modern Literature Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Senior University Lecturer in Modern Literature, Cambridge University UK Release Date 2014-06-26 AU Release Date 2014-06-26 NZ Release Date 2014-06-26 US Release Date 2014-06-26 Pages 336 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 2014-06-26 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Alternative 9780199959853 Illustrations 14 illus. Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this
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