Danger, Moral Opacity, and Outrage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18954083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Sommerfelt (0000-0001-5150-5242, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-39 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conflict and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2164-4543 • E-ISSN: 2164-4551 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/arcs.2018.040103 |
| OpenAlex | W2898153604 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
This article explores hostile narratives and moral outrage in the context of rising conflict in urban Mali, with a specific emphasis on religious and spatial politics in Bamako. Based on ethnographic observations, interviews, and group discussions, the article examines the specific forms that moral outrage may take in contexts of insecurity and an imminent threat of violence. It argues that moral outrage concerns the transgression of values that are intrinsic to moral being. In the Mali setting, moral outrage emerges as justifiable when people fail, or refuse, to make visible or prove their moral being. Suspected ill-doers are ascribed economic, political, and religious agendas that threaten what it means to be Muslim and that violate the value of the mutual solidarity of the Muslim community and of the nation. At the same time, the public expression of moral outrage contributes to a broader negotiation of identities and state-society relationships
Criminology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · African Studies and Geopolitics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Cambodian History and Society · Law
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |