The Event of Charlie Hebdo

Imaginaries of Freedom and Control
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78533-075-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 108 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 105 g

Reihe: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis

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 analyzing the effects the attacks have had in various spheres of social life, including the political, ideology, collective imaginaries, the media, and education, this collection of essays aims to serve as a contribution as well as a critical response to that discussion. The volume observes that the events being attributed to Charlie Hebdo go beyond sensationalist reports of the mainstream media, transcend the spatial confines of nation states, and lend themselves to an ever-expanding number of mutating discursive formations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zagato, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Event of Charlie Hebdo - Imaginaries of Freedom and Control

Bjørn Enge Bertelsen and Alessandro Zagato

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The Barbariat and Democratic Tolerance

Knut Rio

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Charlie Hebdo: The West and the Sacred

Axel Rudi

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The Thoughtcrimes of an Eight-Year-Old

Maria Dyveke Styve

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Imaginaries of Violence and Surrogates for Politics

Alessandro Zagato

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Where Were You, Charlie? Contesting Voices of Political Activism in the Wake of a Tragedy

Mari Hanssen Korsbrekke

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Moral, All-Too Moral: Satire, Morality, and Charlie Hebdo

Jacob Hjortsberg

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On Blasphemy: The Paradoxes of Protecting and Mocking God

Theodoros Rakopoulos

Afterword: When a Joke is Not a Joke? The Paradox of Egalitarianism

Bruce Kapferer

Über Autor(innen)

Zagato, Alessandro
Alessandro Zagato is Research Fellow in the Egalitarianism Project at the University of Bergen, Department of Social Anthropology. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Maynooth University, and his research interests include autonomous political movements, aesthetics, and the state. He has been conducting long-term fieldwork among rural communities in the south of Mexico. His most recent publications address the relation between aesthetics and politics in the Zapatista movement.