K. M. Fierke

Political Self-Sacrifice

Agency, Body and Emotion in International Relations

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the theoretical and strategic issues which arise from different forms of political self-sacrifice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9781107029231
• ISBN-10: 1107029236
• Artikelnr.: 36616387

Autorenporträt

K. M. Fierke is Professor of International Relations in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Her books include Changing Games, Changing Strategies: Critical Investigations in Security (1998), Diplomatic Interventions: Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World (2005), Critical Approaches to International Security (2007) and an edited collection with Knud Erik Jorgensen, International Relations: The Next Generation (2001). She has also published widely on topics related to constructivism and security as well as trauma, memory and political violence in a range of internationally recognised journals including International Studies Quarterly, the European Journal for International Relations, International Theory, the Review of International Studies and Millennium.

Inhaltsangabe

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.