The scenography of suicide: Terror, politics and the humiliated witness

Economy and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-260

  Bell, Vikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chechnya; Hannah Arendt; Politics; Suicide bombers; Terror; The sublime

Indexed keywords

SUICIDE;

EID: 18644383395     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140500054628     Document Type: Article

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