Marco Pinfari
Biographic Data
| ID | 2486963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Pinfari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco |
| FAMILY NAME | Pinfari |
| SIGNATURE | PINFARI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University in Cairo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6654-4743 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Terrorists as Monsters: The Unmanageable Other from the French Revolution to the Islamic State
This book explores the use of archetypal metaphors of monstrosity in relation to terrorism. It presents two main original arguments, which are influenced by recent studies by leading philosophers and anthropologists on the social and political functions of monstrosity and monster metaphors. The first argument, developed in Part 1, explores the reasons why “terrorists” are sometimes framed as monsters by their audiences. Although this imagery serv…
Icons of contention: The iconography of martyrdom and the construction of Coptic identity in post-revolutionary Egypt
This article explores the changing iconography of martyrdom in Coptic religious icons in recent decades, with particular emphasis on the years that followed the 2011 Tahrir revolution and its role in articulating a more contentious version of Coptic identity vis-à-vis the Muslim majority in Egypt. The authors analyse the iconographical and iconological symbolism of the work of leading artists belonging to the so-called neo-Coptic school, focusing…
Special Issue: The Political Aesthetics of Democratization Conflicts
Struggles for democratic change around the world have become highly visible – and highly mediated – events that have moved the site of contestation from the negotiation table to public spaces. As a consequence, these struggles are no longer primarily controlled by political elites but rather by a broad range of participants who have employed new types of communication beyond the spoken word for conveying their demands, including images, sounds, p…
EU Mediation in Egypt: The Limits of Reactive Conflict Management
This article reviews EU ’s mediation attempts in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. After presenting the main challenges and opportunities of EU mediation in the Middle East-North Africa ( MENA ) neighborhood, EU interventions in Egypt are discussed in relation to the 25 January 2011 revolution, during the presidency of Mohammed Morsi, and after the 3 July 2013 coup d’état, focusing specifically on the choice of mediation styles and their timing. It is…
Western Sahara: A ‘Head-in-the-Sand’ Approach to Maghrebi Integration
Framing through Paradox: Egypt and the “Obama Supports Terrorism” Campaign
This article presents and analyzes the “Obama supports terrorism” campaign, which was launched in Egypt in late June 2013 and was instrumental to the framing of some Islamist groups as terrorist both before and after the 3 July 2013 coup. The analysis of the visual material of the campaign highlights its reliance on various Western discourses from the War on Terror, including some whose religious and racial content is an odd fit for a non-Western…
The EU, Egypt and Morsi's Rise and Fall: ‘Strategic Patience’ and Its Discontents
Time to Agree: Is Time Pressure Good for Peace Negotiations
This article explores the impact of time pressure on negotiation processes in territorial conflicts in the post–cold war era. While it is often argued that time pressure can help generate positive momentum in peace negotiations and help break deadlocks, extensive literature also suggests that perceived time shortage can have a negative impact on the cognitive processes involved in complex, intercultural negotiations. The analysis explores these h…
Exploring the Terrorist Nature of Political Assassinations: A Reinterpretation of the Orsini Attentat
This paper reassesses the suggestion, advanced among others by David George, that the 1858 failed attentat by the Italian patriot Felice Orsini against Napoleon III can be considered as a paradigmatic instance of “terrorist assassination.” Drawing on a new interpretation of the acts of Orsini's trial, the paper argues that Orsini's motivations were to a large degree “idiosyncratic”; however, it also discusses evidence suggesting that the signific…
Time to Agree: Is Time Pressure Good for Peace Negotiations
This article explores the impact of time pressure on negotiation processes in territorial conflicts in the post–cold war era. While it is often argued that time pressure can help generate positive momentum in peace negotiations and help break deadlocks, extensive literature also suggests that perceived time shortage can have a negative impact on the cognitive processes involved in complex, intercultural negotiations. The analysis explores these h…
The EU, Egypt and Morsi's Rise and Fall: ‘Strategic Patience’ and Its Discontents
EU Mediation in Egypt: The Limits of Reactive Conflict Management
This article reviews EU ’s mediation attempts in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. After presenting the main challenges and opportunities of EU mediation in the Middle East-North Africa ( MENA ) neighborhood, EU interventions in Egypt are discussed in relation to the 25 January 2011 revolution, during the presidency of Mohammed Morsi, and after the 3 July 2013 coup d’état, focusing specifically on the choice of mediation styles and their timing. It is…
Icons of contention: The iconography of martyrdom and the construction of Coptic identity in post-revolutionary Egypt
This article explores the changing iconography of martyrdom in Coptic religious icons in recent decades, with particular emphasis on the years that followed the 2011 Tahrir revolution and its role in articulating a more contentious version of Coptic identity vis-à-vis the Muslim majority in Egypt. The authors analyse the iconographical and iconological symbolism of the work of leading artists belonging to the so-called neo-Coptic school, focusing…
Special Issue: The Political Aesthetics of Democratization Conflicts
Struggles for democratic change around the world have become highly visible – and highly mediated – events that have moved the site of contestation from the negotiation table to public spaces. As a consequence, these struggles are no longer primarily controlled by political elites but rather by a broad range of participants who have employed new types of communication beyond the spoken word for conveying their demands, including images, sounds, p…
Framing through Paradox: Egypt and the “Obama Supports Terrorism” Campaign
This article presents and analyzes the “Obama supports terrorism” campaign, which was launched in Egypt in late June 2013 and was instrumental to the framing of some Islamist groups as terrorist both before and after the 3 July 2013 coup. The analysis of the visual material of the campaign highlights its reliance on various Western discourses from the War on Terror, including some whose religious and racial content is an odd fit for a non-Western…
Exploring the Terrorist Nature of Political Assassinations: A Reinterpretation of the Orsini Attentat
This paper reassesses the suggestion, advanced among others by David George, that the 1858 failed attentat by the Italian patriot Felice Orsini against Napoleon III can be considered as a paradigmatic instance of “terrorist assassination.” Drawing on a new interpretation of the acts of Orsini's trial, the paper argues that Orsini's motivations were to a large degree “idiosyncratic”; however, it also discusses evidence suggesting that the signific…
Time to Agree: Is Time Pressure Good for Peace Negotiations
This article explores the impact of time pressure on negotiation processes in territorial conflicts in the post–cold war era. While it is often argued that time pressure can help generate positive momentum in peace negotiations and help break deadlocks, extensive literature also suggests that perceived time shortage can have a negative impact on the cognitive processes involved in complex, intercultural negotiations. The analysis explores these h…
The EU, Egypt and Morsi's Rise and Fall: ‘Strategic Patience’ and Its Discontents
Framing through Paradox: Egypt and the “Obama Supports Terrorism” Campaign
This article presents and analyzes the “Obama supports terrorism” campaign, which was launched in Egypt in late June 2013 and was instrumental to the framing of some Islamist groups as terrorist both before and after the 3 July 2013 coup. The analysis of the visual material of the campaign highlights its reliance on various Western discourses from the War on Terror, including some whose religious and racial content is an odd fit for a non-Western…
Western Sahara: A ‘Head-in-the-Sand’ Approach to Maghrebi Integration
EU Mediation in Egypt: The Limits of Reactive Conflict Management
This article reviews EU ’s mediation attempts in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. After presenting the main challenges and opportunities of EU mediation in the Middle East-North Africa ( MENA ) neighborhood, EU interventions in Egypt are discussed in relation to the 25 January 2011 revolution, during the presidency of Mohammed Morsi, and after the 3 July 2013 coup d’état, focusing specifically on the choice of mediation styles and their timing. It is…
Terrorists as Monsters: The Unmanageable Other from the French Revolution to the Islamic State
This book explores the use of archetypal metaphors of monstrosity in relation to terrorism. It presents two main original arguments, which are influenced by recent studies by leading philosophers and anthropologists on the social and political functions of monstrosity and monster metaphors. The first argument, developed in Part 1, explores the reasons why “terrorists” are sometimes framed as monsters by their audiences. Although this imagery serv…
Icons of contention: The iconography of martyrdom and the construction of Coptic identity in post-revolutionary Egypt
This article explores the changing iconography of martyrdom in Coptic religious icons in recent decades, with particular emphasis on the years that followed the 2011 Tahrir revolution and its role in articulating a more contentious version of Coptic identity vis-à-vis the Muslim majority in Egypt. The authors analyse the iconographical and iconological symbolism of the work of leading artists belonging to the so-called neo-Coptic school, focusing…
Special Issue: The Political Aesthetics of Democratization Conflicts
Struggles for democratic change around the world have become highly visible – and highly mediated – events that have moved the site of contestation from the negotiation table to public spaces. As a consequence, these struggles are no longer primarily controlled by political elites but rather by a broad range of participants who have employed new types of communication beyond the spoken word for conveying their demands, including images, sounds, p…
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