The Violent Potential of Unconditional Claims in Conflict
Reflections on the Discourse concerning the Destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3206121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Staudigl (0000-0001-8683-9664, University of Vienna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 395 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14030395 |
| OpenAlex | W4324357366 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
On a general level, the article analyzes how the clash of unconditional claims between secular rationales and religious narratives is prone to engender violence. To provide this discussion with material evidence, the case of the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan and its media coverage is put under scrutiny. The author shows how the marker of "religious violence", otherness, and irrationality was (re)constructed in this context. In the last analysis, the article demonstrates that a parasitic relationship obtains between an occidentalist brand of reason and its presumed other (epitomized in the gestalt of "religious violence
Criminology · Epistemology · Gestalt psychology · Irrationality · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Religious violence · Scrutiny · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |