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The event of Charlie Hebdo, imaginaries of freedom and control, edited by Alessandro Zagato

eng

Includes bibliographical references

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non fiction

The event of Charlie Hebdo

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edited by Alessandro Zagato

Critical interventions : a forum for social analysis, volume 15

imaginaries of freedom and control

The January 2015 shooting at the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the subsequent attacks that took place in the Il-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.--, Provided by Publisher

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