Antigone nel XXI secolo La commemorazione dei militari italiani morti in Afghanistan tra lutto privato e discorso nazionale

Starting from a scholarship (in particular, Judith Butler) who puts forward a new approach to the politics of loss, this article analyzes the relationship that the families of the militaries who died in the international missions carried out in Afghanistan since 2001 have established with war-orient...

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Published inDiacronie Vol. 10; no. N° 35, 3; pp. 1 - 21
Main Author Quirico, Monica
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Diacronie 29.09.2018
Subjects
Democracy
democrazia
Gender
genere
guerra
Loss
Lutto
Nationalism
nazionalismo
War
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Summary:Starting from a scholarship (in particular, Judith Butler) who puts forward a new approach to the politics of loss, this article analyzes the relationship that the families of the militaries who died in the international missions carried out in Afghanistan since 2001 have established with war-oriented national discourse: have they (women especially) limited themselves to amplify it, accepting the role assigned to them by the sacrifice for the homeland (and world peace) narrative, or has the experience of loss stimulated a critical reassessment of the pact State-citizens?
ISSN:2038-0925
2038-0925
DOI:10.4000/diacronie.8967