State Martyrs: Aesthetics and Performativity of a Contemporary Political Discourse
The paper focuses on the emergence of national state martyrs in modernity. The investigation postulates a connection between procedures of legitimization of political authority and martyr figurations. It considers martyrological representations as linguistic performances, opening a civil religious s...
| Published in: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Brill
2017
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
National state
/ Civil religion
/ Martyr
B Moro, Aldo 1916-1978 / Italy / State / Martyr |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion And Politics
civil religion
political philosophy
sacralization
secularization
Aldo Moro
terrorism
discourse analysis
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| Summary: | The paper focuses on the emergence of national state martyrs in modernity. The investigation postulates a connection between procedures of legitimization of political authority and martyr figurations. It considers martyrological representations as linguistic performances, opening a civil religious space. On the basis of genealogical discourse analysis, the author argues that through secularization the figure of the martyr underwent a transition from the sacral and theological to the profane and political sphere of meaning. In the final part, the paper analyzes the ideological implications of the representation of politician Aldo Moro, killed in 1978 by the Red Brigades, as a state martyr. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01002004 |