Moral Thresholds of Outrage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18979482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorenzo D’orsi (0000-0003-4762-6396, Institute of Turkish Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 40-57 |
| 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.2018.040104 |
| OpenAlex | W2898190945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
This article analyses the social construction of moral outrage, interpreting it as both an extemporaneous feeling and an enduring process, objectified in narratives and rituals and permeating public spaces as well as the intimate sphere of social actors’ lives. Based on ethnography carried out in Istanbul, this contribution focuses on the assassination of the Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in 2007. This provoked a moral shock and led to an annual commemoration in which thousands of people—distant in political, religious, ethnic positions—gather around a shared feeling of outrage. The article retraces the narratives of innocence and the moral frames that make Dink’s public figure different from other victims of state violence, thus enabling a moral and emotional identification of a large audience. Outrage over Dink’s murder has become a creative, mobilizing force that fosters new relationships between national history and subjectivity, and de-reifies essentialized social boundaries and identity claims
Mobilization · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |