This book presents an interpretive, macro-historical and sociological account of martyrdom. An innovative analysis of the role of sacrifice in contemporary culture, it challenges theories of disenchantment and the privatization of religion, and offers a new perspective on processes of secularization and the formation of the nation-state.
This book presents an interpretive, macro-historical and sociological account of martyrdom. An innovative analysis of the role of sacrifice in contemporary culture, it challenges theories of disenchantment and the privatization of religion, and offers a new perspective on processes of secularization and the formation of the nation-state.
Clayton Fordahl is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Memphis, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Martyrdom 3.The Seeds of the Church 4. The Suffering Body and the Body Politic 5.The Sacrificial Conscience 6. To Die So that the Nation Might Live 7. Western Martyrdom in a Secularized Age
Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Martyrdom 3.The Seeds of the Church 4. The Suffering Body and the Body Politic 5.The Sacrificial Conscience 6. To Die So that the Nation Might Live 7. Western Martyrdom in a Secularized Age
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