Beschreibung:
Examines the theoretical and strategic issues which arise from different forms of political self-sacrifice.
Introduction; Part I. The Framework: 1. Political self-sacrifice; 2. Agency; 3. Body and emotion; Part II. The Historical Cases: 4. Hunger strikes in Northern Ireland, 1980¿1; 5. Martyrdom in Poland, 1984; 6. Self-immolation in Vietnam, 1963; Part III. Comparisons and Conclusions: 7. Martyrdom in the contemporary Middle East and north Africa; 8. The public diplomacy of suffering.