The Ultimate Sacrifice: Martyrdom, Sovereignty,, Fordahl..

Name: The Ultimate Sacrifice: Martyrdom, Sovereignty,, Fordahl..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Ultimate SacrificeMartyrdom, Sovereignty, and Secularization in the West\nAuthor(s): Clayton Fordahl\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367424329, 978-0367424329\nSynopsis\nThis book presents an interpretive, macro-historical, and sociological account of martyrdom. Moving away from the notion of martyrdom as an object of individual behavior and seeing it instead as a significant cultural work performed by communities in the wake of a violent death, it provides a novel interpretation of Western political and religious history. In addition to thus redressing the disproportionate attention given to the concepts relationship to Islam, the author offers a new perspective on two defining historical processes: secularization and the rise of modern sovereignty in the form of the nation-state. An innovative analysis of the role of sacrifice in contemporary culture, which constitutes a timely critique of long-dominant th.