Martyrdom is for losers. Yet, it is a powerful claim on strength at the same time. For the individual who seeks martyrdom, it is the weapon of last resort and a means of self-defence. For the surviving community that remembers someone as a martyr, it indicates the unjust suffering of an innocent. On one hand, the recourse to martyrdom discourses exposes the self-perceived weakness of those who make use of it. On the other, dying on behalf of a higher cause is a strong signal and a rallying cry for the bereaved. Thus, the concept of martyrdom unites both references to strength and impotence and it is packed with ambiguities.
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Olmo Gölz (Editorial) Martyrdom and the Struggle for Power. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Martyrdom in the Modern Middle East
Alp Yenen Legitimate Means of Dying: Contentious Politics of Martyrdom in the Turkish Civil War (1968–1982)
Olmo Gölz Martyrdom and Masculinity in Warring Iran. The Karbala Paradigm, the Heroic, and the Personal Dimensions of War
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs Von Schiiten lernen: Der Reiz des Martyriums für sunnitische Gruppen in Pakistan und Afghanistan
Yorck Beese The Structure and Visual Rhetoric of the Martyrdom Video: An Enquiry into the Martyrdom Video Genre
Alexandra Dick The Sound of the Shuhadāʾ: Chants and Chanting in IS Martyrdom Videos
Jonatan Marx (Rezension) Olivier Roy: Ihr liebt das Leben, wir lieben den Tod
Rebecca Schmid (Rezension) Lorenz Graitl: Sterben als Spektakel
Helene Thaa (Sammelrezension) Social Resentment: Die White Working Class im Fokus der Erklärung rechter Bewegungen
Leon Wolff (Doppelrezension) Henning Laux/Anna Henkel (Hg.): Die Erde, der Mensch und das Soziale und Benjamin Bühler: Ökologische Gouvernementalität