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'This book is part of a growing and important movement that brings individuals - and the body in particular - to the attention of international relations scholars. Engaging the issue of political self-sacrifice, Fierke manages to combine theoretical sophistication with empirical depth. Her impressive study ranges from suicide terrorism to civil disobedience, and from Northern Ireland to Vietnam and the Middle East.' Roland Bleiker, University of Queensland 'Fierke's remarkable book is wide-ranging in its empirical examples and its theoretical tools. Political self-sacrifice has been a powerful strategy for bringing about political change across the globe and, in her analysis, is equally challenging to international relations theory.' Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo 'A major theoretically-informed empirical analysis of political self-sacrifice that is essential reading for students of the relationships between violence, collective identities and group emotions.' Andrew Linklater, Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University 'To burn oneself or starve oneself to death sends a message which is profoundly shocking and speaks truth to power in the strongest terms. Karin Fierke's fascinating study of political self-sacrifice breaks new ground in exploring this phenomenon and interpreting its significance in international relations.' Hugh Miall, University of Kent 'This new book by Karin Fierke is an authoritative theoretical meditation on political acts of self-sacrifice which deserves, and which will receive, a great deal of attention. The author draws on a range of interesting examples in a thought-provoking, accessible and conceptually sophisticated way, contributing to the growing literature on emotion in world politics, and critical international political theory more generally. The result is a distinct, theoretically insightful monograph, which should be required reading for scholars, students and researchers studying political acts of self-sacrifice, and those interested in international relations theory.' Cerwyn Moore, University of Birmingham 'Not only challenges the well-established mantra of terrorism studies but also the way we think about the conduct of politics.' The Times Higher Education Supplement This book is part of a growing and important movement that brings individuals - and the body in particular - to the attention of international relations scholars. Engaging the issue of political self-sacrifice, Fierke manages to combine theoretical sophistication with empirical depth. Her impressive study ranges from suicide terrorism to civil disobedience, and from Northern Ireland to Vietnam and the Middle East. - Roland Bleiker, Professor of International Relations, University of Queensland Fierke's remarkable book is wide-ranging in its empirical examples and its theoretical tools. Political self-sacrifice has been a powerful strategy for bringing about political change across the globe and, in her analysis, is equally challenging to international relations theory. - Kathryn Hochstetler, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo A major theoretically-informed empirical analysis of political self-sacrifice that is essential reading for students of the relationships between violence, collective identities and group emotions. - Andrew Linklater, Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University To burn oneself or starve oneself to death sends a message which is profoundly shocking and speaks truth to power in the strongest terms. Karin Fierke's fascinating study of political self-sacrifice breaks new ground in exploring this phenomenon and interpreting its significance in international relations. - Hugh Miall, Professor of International Relations, University of Kent This new book by Karin Fierke is an authoritative theoretical meditation on political acts of self-sacrifice which deserves, and which will receive, a great deal of attention. The author draws on a range of interesting examples in a thought-provoking, accessible and conceptually sophisticated way, contributing to the growing literature on emotion in world politics, and critical international political theory more generally. The result is a distinct, theoretically insightful monograph, which should be required reading for scholars, students and researchers studying political acts of self-sacrifice, and those interested in international relations theory. - Cerwyn Moore, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Birmingham

'This book is part of a growing and important movement that brings individuals - and the body in particular - to the attention of international relations scholars. Engaging the issue of political self-sacrifice, Fierke manages to combine theoretical sophistication with empirical depth. Her impressive study ranges from suicide terrorism to civil disobedience, and from Northern Ireland to Vietnam and the Middle East.' Roland Bleiker, University of Queensland 'Fierke's remarkable book is wide-ranging in its empirical examples and its theoretical tools. Political self-sacrifice has been a powerful strategy for bringing about political change across the globe and, in her analysis, is equally challenging to international relations theory.' Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo 'A major theoretically-informed empirical analysis of political self-sacrifice that is essential reading for students of the relationships between violence, collective identities and group emotions.' Andrew Linklater, Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University 'To burn oneself or starve oneself to death sends a message which is profoundly shocking and speaks truth to power in the strongest terms. Karin Fierke's fascinating study of political self-sacrifice breaks new ground in exploring this phenomenon and interpreting its significance in international relations.' Hugh Miall, University of Kent 'This new book by Karin Fierke is an authoritative theoretical meditation on political acts of self-sacrifice which deserves, and which will receive, a great deal of attention. The author draws on a range of interesting examples in a thought-provoking, accessible and conceptually sophisticated way, contributing to the growing literature on emotion in world politics, and critical international political theory more generally. The result is a distinct, theoretically insightful monograph, which should be required reading for scholars, students and researchers studying political acts of self-sacrifice, and those interested in international relations theory.' Cerwyn Moore, University of Birmingham 'Not only challenges the well-established mantra of terrorism studies but also the way we think about the conduct of politics.' Times Higher Education

'This book is part of a growing and important movement that brings individuals - and the body in particular - to the attention of international relations scholars. Engaging the issue of political self-sacrifice, Fierke manages to combine theoretical sophistication with empirical depth. Her impressive study ranges from suicide terrorism to civil disobedience, and from Northern Ireland to Vietnam and the Middle East.' Roland Bleiker, University of Queensland 'Fierke's remarkable book is wide-ranging in its empirical examples and its theoretical tools. Political self-sacrifice has been a powerful strategy for bringing about political change across the globe and, in her analysis, is equally challenging to international relations theory.' Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo 'A major theoretically-informed empirical analysis of political self-sacrifice that is essential reading for students of the relationships between violence, collective identities and group emotions.' Andrew Linklater, Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University 'To burn oneself or starve oneself to death sends a message which is profoundly shocking and speaks truth to power in the strongest terms. Karin Fierke's fascinating study of political self-sacrifice breaks new ground in exploring this phenomenon and interpreting its significance in international relations.' Hugh Miall, University of Kent 'This new book by Karin Fierke is an authoritative theoretical meditation on political acts of self-sacrifice which deserves, and which will receive, a great deal of attention. The author draws on a range of interesting examples in a thought-provoking, accessible and conceptually sophisticated way, contributing to the growing literature on emotion in world politics, and critical international political theory more generally. The result is a distinct, theoretically insightful monograph, which should be required reading for scholars, students and researchers studying political acts of self-sacrifice, and those interested in international relations theory.' Cerwyn Moore, University of Birmingham 'Not only challenges the well-established mantra of terrorism studies but also the way we think about the conduct of politics.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

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K. M. Fierke is Professor of International Relations in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Her books include Changing Games, Changing Strategies: Critical Investigations in Security (1998), Diplomatic Interventions: Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World (2005), Critical Approaches to International Security (2007) and an edited collection with Knud Erik Jorgensen, International Relations: The Next Generation (2001). She has also published widely on topics related to constructivism and security as well as trauma, memory and political violence in a range of internationally recognised journals including International Studies Quarterly, the European Journal for International Relations, International Theory, the Review of International Studies and Millennium.

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