Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction Bjorn Enge Bertelsen and Alessandro Zagato Chapter 1. The Barbariat and Democratic Tolerance Knut Rio Chapter 2. Charlie Hebdo: The West and the Sacred Axel Rudi Chapter 3. The Thoughtcrimes of an Eight-Year-Old Maria Dyveke Styve Chapter 4. Imaginaries of Violence and Surrogates for Politics Alessandro Zagato Chapter 5. Where Were You, Charlie? Mari Hanssen Korsbrekke Chapter 6. Moral, All-Too Moral: Satire, Morality, and Charlie Hebdo Jacob Hjortsberg Chapter 7. Unfreedom of Speech: On Silence and Mafia Personhood Theodoros Rakopoulos Afterword Bruce Kapferer
