Burning for a Cause: Four Factors in Successful Political (and Religious) Self-Immolation Examined in Relation to Alleged Falun Gong Fanatics in Tiananmen Square
This article theorizes the self-immolation of alleged Falun Gong practitioners in Tiananmen Square in 2001 in relation to literature on martyrdom, self-immolation, and political protest. It explores the cultural context in relation to Buddhist traditions of self-immolation, Chinese political protest...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Politics and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 797-817 |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |