| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
An invitation -- Jesus without miracles -- Psychology of altruism -- Psychology of happiness : was Jesus right? -- Harry, Frodo, and Neo -- Curious coincidences -- The Mahatma -- Andrej Sakharov, a failed martyr -- Fake martyrs : Horst Wessel and Rodrigo Rosenberg -- Martyr versus terrorist -- The threat of suicide terrorism -- Invoking the name -- Fairy-tale science : the developmental origins of self-sacrifice -- In martyrs we trust -- Bringing us together -- Breaking us apart -- Bread crumbs and parting gifts |
| Summary |
'The Marvel of Martyrdom' is about how martyrs can change the world and how self-sacrifice can change lives. The text starts with famous and influential martyrs, such as Jesus and Gandhi. But the pinnacles of martyrdom can only be reached via the plains of everyday selflessness. Every martyr examined began with smaller forms of self-sacrifice familiar to everyone - every parent, every lover, every friend. Every famous martyr succeeded in challenging injustice by appealing to people's capacity to appreciate self-sacrifice and to follow in the martyr's footsteps with sacrifices of their own. Unravelling how martyr stories spread from a few witnesses to millions of people, the authors consider martyrdom and self-sacrifice together in cases of notable martyrs (Andrej Sakharov) and less-well known ones (The Heaven's Hundred), fake martyrs (Horst Wessel), and fictional ones (Harry Potter) |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 7, 2019) |
| Subject |
Martyrdom.
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Martyrs -- Psychology
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Self-sacrifice.
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Selfishness.
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Martyrdom
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Martyrs -- Psychology
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Self-sacrifice
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Selfishness
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McCauley, Clark R., author
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| ISBN |
9780190939526 |
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0190939524 |
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9780190689339 |
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0190689331 |
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