The event of Charlie Hebdo : imaginaries of freedom and control /

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The January 2015 shooting at the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the subsequent attacks that took place in the Île-de-France region were staggeringly violent events. They sparked an enormous discussion among citizens and intellectuals from around Europe and beyond. By...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Zagato, Alessandro (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Series:Critical interventions ; 15.
Subjects:
Charlie hebdo.
Charlie-Hebdo.
2015
Charlie Hebdo Attack, Paris, France, 2015.
Terrorism > Social aspects > France.
Social conflict > France.
Political violence > France.
Freedom of the press > Social aspects > France.
Attentat terroriste contre Charlie Hebdo, Paris, France, 2015.
Terrorisme > Aspect social > France.
Violence politique > France.
Liberté de la presse > Aspect social > France.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Political violence.
Social conflict.
Terrorism > Social aspects.
France.
France > Paris.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the event of Charlie Hebdo--imaginaries of freedom and control / Bjørn Enge Bertelsen and Alessandro Zagato
  • The barbariat and democratic tolerance / Knut Rio
  • Charlie Hebdo : the West and the sacred / Axel Rudi
  • The thoughtcrimes of an eight-year-old / Maria Dyveke Styve
  • Imaginaries of violence and surrogates for politics / Alessandro Zagato
  • Where were you, Charlie? : contesting voices of political activism in the wake of a tragedy / Mari Hanssen Korsbrekke
  • Moral, all-too moral : satire, morality, and Charlie Hebdo / Jacob Hjortsberg
  • On blasphemy : the paradoxes of protecting and mocking God / Theodoros Rakopoulos
  • Afterword : when is a joke not a joke?--the paradox of egalitarianism / Bruce Kapferer.

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