Drawing on my multi-sited ethnography in Christian Lebanese enclaves, this paper addresses the determinants that might convince Christians to accept post-conflict deeds (i.e., acts of self-immolation) that they should, on principle, reject. The issue is more manifest where Christian communities are minorities and where Muslim majorities offer the memory of their martyrs as a strategy of self-defence. The questions, therefore, arise: Could a martyrdom ideological succession exist and how would it fit political agendas in a consociational democracy?
Martyrological Traditions and Conflict Prevention: the case of Lebanon
MOLLICA, MARCELLO;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Drawing on my multi-sited ethnography in Christian Lebanese enclaves, this paper addresses the determinants that might convince Christians to accept post-conflict deeds (i.e., acts of self-immolation) that they should, on principle, reject. The issue is more manifest where Christian communities are minorities and where Muslim majorities offer the memory of their martyrs as a strategy of self-defence. The questions, therefore, arise: Could a martyrdom ideological succession exist and how would it fit political agendas in a consociational democracy?File in questo prodotto:
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