State Martyr Representation and Performativity of Political Violence

The politician Aldo Moro was abducted and killed in 1978 by the terrorist organisation the Red Brigades. The media then stylised Moro as a 'state martyr'. This volume deals with the highly topical question concerning the performativity of this concept in the tension between democratic stat...

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Main Author: Scolari, Baldassare (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2019
Series:Media and Religion | Medien und Religion
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