عنوان

State Martyrs:

LA116618

انگلیسی

State Martyrs:

[Article]

Aesthetics and Performativity of a Contemporary Political Discourse

Baldassare Scolari

Leiden

Brill

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.

2017

71-106

Journal of Religion in Europe

10/1-2

1874-8929

Aldo Moro

civil religion

discourse analysis

History of Religion

political philosophy

Religion & Society

religion and politics

Religious Studies

sacralization

secularization

Social Sciences

terrorism

Baldassare Scolari

10.1163/18748929-01002004

p

[Article]

275578

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Y