Appropriated Martys: The Branch Davidians and the radical right

Title: Appropriated Martys: The Branch Davidians and the radical right See all items with this value
Type: Journal article
Creator: Michael Barkun
Date: February 2007
Description: Journal article analyzing the relationship between Branch Davidians and martyrdom.
Format: Online
Language: English
Publisher: Terrorism and Political Violence (Journal)
Extent: 7pp
Relation: Branch Davidians
Abstract: After the disastrous end of the Waco standoff in 1993, the Branch Davidian dead were idealized as martyrs by many on the radical right, despite the incompatibility between Davidian doctrine and right-wing ideology. This appropriation suggests the importance of martyrologists in identifying martyrs, as well as the increasing malleability of the concept of martyrdom. For martyrdom, as it appears in the right-wing treatment of the Waco affair, departs significantly from classical definitions of what constitutes a martyr.
Bibliographic Citation: Barkun, M. (2007). Appropriated martyrs: The Branch Davidians and the radical right. Terrorism and Political Violence, 19(1), 117-124.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09546550601054956

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