TY - BOOK ID - 71479389 TI - Political self-sacrifice PY - 2013 VL - 125 SN - 9781107420229 9781139248853 9781107029231 1139248855 9781139625852 1139625853 9781139612838 1139612832 9781139616553 1139616552 9781283870634 1283870630 1107029236 113961097X 1107237246 113960919X 1139622137 1107420229 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - International relations KW - Self-sacrifice KW - Altruism KW - Sacrifice KW - Political psychology KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Political aspects. KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:71479389 AB - 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. ER -