Martyrdom : A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 29961)
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| fixed length control field | 01649nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780199585236 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 272 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Mitchell, Jolyon |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Martyrdom : A Very Short Introduction |
| Statement of responsibility | Jolyon Mitchell |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Oxford, New York |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 141 Pages |
| Other physical details | 17x11 cm |
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| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Index and Illustration |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "One person's "martyr" is another person's "terrorist," and one person's "martyrdom operation" is another's "suicide bombing." Suicide attacks around the world have raised many troubling questions about martyrdom. What is martyrdom? Why are some people drawn towards giving up their lives as martyrs? What place does religion play in inciting and creating martyrs? How are martyrs made? In order to answer such questions and to understand the contemporary debates about martyrdom, this Very Short Introduction considers martyrdom's diverse roots. Jolyon Mitchell looks at examples from a wide range of historical, religious and cultural contexts, including a mother's martyrdom in a Roman arena, the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the burning at the stake of a young Joan of Arc, the execution of a novelist in nineteenth-century Asia, and, more recently, many self-inflicted deaths in the Middle East and beyond. This wide range of examples helps to illustrate how the term martyrdom has developed and is still used differently in various contexts around the world. Each chapter draws on visual images to illustrate the topic of martyrdom."--Publisher's website. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Martyrdom |
| -- | Martyrdom -- History. |
| -- | Martyrium |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-04-17 | CRV/GPLM/13/2017 | 184.99 | 272 M679M 2012 | 36035 | Books |