2013
DOI: 10.1017/s0022216x13001144
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The Consecration of Political Suffering: Martyrs, Heroes and Victims in Argentine Political Culture

Abstract: This article addresses the various mechanisms by which the religious figure of the Christian martyr became a useful notion in Argentine political discourse. It argues that the process by which the idea of the ‘martyr’ was secularised and politicised was actually initiated by religious agents themselves. The analysis considers how commemoration initiatives devised by religious agents, social movements and political actors have brought ‘Catholic martyrs’ into the pantheon of national symbols. It also deals with … Show more

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“…The dead president is sacralized, thus becoming "a sacrificial figure on a mission to preserve the traditional values of faithfulness to the national memory." (Ni ży ńska 2010, p. 469) Other analyses reveal the processes of media sacralization of political leaders or the victims of political struggles, presented as martyrs whose sacrifice is narrated in terms of foundational myths of a community-see the cases of Argentinian victims of political repression (Catoggio 2013) of Tunisian and Egyptian martyrs (Halverson et al 2013), or of the media construction of the Russian poet Ana Ahmatova as a secular saint (Harrington 2017).…”
Section: Media Public Sphere and Religionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The dead president is sacralized, thus becoming "a sacrificial figure on a mission to preserve the traditional values of faithfulness to the national memory." (Ni ży ńska 2010, p. 469) Other analyses reveal the processes of media sacralization of political leaders or the victims of political struggles, presented as martyrs whose sacrifice is narrated in terms of foundational myths of a community-see the cases of Argentinian victims of political repression (Catoggio 2013) of Tunisian and Egyptian martyrs (Halverson et al 2013), or of the media construction of the Russian poet Ana Ahmatova as a secular saint (Harrington 2017).…”
Section: Media Public Sphere and Religionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los monumentos erigidos, la participación de referentes estatales en conmemoraciones por la Masacre de los palotinos o la participación de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en los homenajes a Carlos Mugica (2004, 2010 y 2014) permiten apreciar el acercamiento estatal a estos espacios de memoria. Las vinculaciones estatales con el universo religioso y el de sus mártires impregnaron también al discurso presidencial, lo cual se evidenció en un doble proceso de rememoración (religiosa de los desaparecidos y política de los mártires) en los homenajes (Catoggio, 2013;Catoggio 2016a En el segundo apartado comenzamos a rastrear la presencia de referentes e imaginarios religiosos en el campo de los derechos humanos. Este periodo constitutivo del campo daba cuenta de la presencia de figuras emblemáticas del mundo religioso quienes dotaban de legitimidad a las nuevas organizaciones de derechos humanos.…”
Section: Terrorismo De Estado Y Políticas Públicas: Una Breve Reconstunclassified
“…Fueron definidos como mártires, por ejemplo, los trabajadores asesinados por el estado en la primera huelga general de 1902. También los obreros de la metalúrgica Vasena, en el barrio de Barracas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, acribillados a balazos por la policía en 1919 por reclamar -huelga mediante-mejoras en las condiciones de trabajo y aumentos de salarios, o posteriormente las víctimas del terrorismo de estado de los años 70 del siglo pasado (Catoggio, 2013). Dos agrupaciones políticas competidoras del peronismo, la Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) y el Partido Socialista (PS), ya conmemoraban como mártires a los "caídos por sus causas" (Reyes, 2016).…”
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