State Martyrs:

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" State Martyrs: "
Baldassare Scolari

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072989
Doc. No	:	LA116618
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18748929-01002004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Baldassare Scolari
Title & Author	:	State Martyrs: [Article] : Aesthetics and Performativity of a Contemporary Political Discourse\ Baldassare Scolari
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion in Europe
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/1-2
Page No	:	71–106
Abstract	:	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. 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.
Descriptor	:	Aldo Moro
Descriptor	:	civil religion
Descriptor	:	discourse analysis
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	political philosophy
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	religion and politics
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	sacralization
Descriptor	:	secularization
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	terrorism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18748929-01002004‬