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The Emergence of Regressive Heroism in Current Far-Right Populism
Religions, 2023 The purpose of this paper is to analyze the ways in which heroic leadership is manifested in current right-wing populism. Based on the distinction between heroic modernity and postheroic modernity, a genealogy of the heroic populist leader is proposed ...
José M. Pérez-Agote, Eliana Aleman
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Ich kann nicht anders: Social Heroism as Nonselfsacrificial Practical Necessity
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Most self-reports of heroic action in both reactive and social (proactive) cases describe the experience as involving a kind of necessity. This seems intuitively sound, but it makes it unclear why heroism is accorded strong approbation.
Bryan Smyth
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Heroism and Being-towards-Death: On Sacrificial Martyrdom in Contemporary Shiʿism
Religions, 2023 This paper examines the philosophy of martyrdom, heroism, and death, with reference to Islam in general and Shiʿism in particular. This paper will be divided into two parts; the first will highlight the etymological and philosophical significance of the ...
Tareq Ayoub
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Heroism in Telugu Cine-Politics [PDF]
, 2023 This paper suggests a theory for the influence of heroism in South Indian cinema-politics and how that is shown in Telugu language films. To demonstrate this theory, I interpreted themes of heroism in four films, thus formulating a working definition for
Smallidge, Nathalie
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Interdisciplinarity of Heroism
, 2023 The interdisciplinarity of heroism refers to the process by which heroism is explored from a diverse set of scholarly perspectives using various methods of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities.This entry gives an overview of how ...
Rusch, Hannes; id_orcid, Rusch, H.
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Nalans, 2022 Heroism is typically tied to gender in the sociology of heroism that views male as the bearer of physical prowess. The female gender is excluded from the debate of heroism and is regarded as belonging to the domestic world.
Beenish Mir +2 more
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HEROISM IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S NOVEL THE JUNGLE BOOK
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 2017 This study is about heroism in the novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. There are three points of discussion under this title: giving protection, defending rights and gratitude. Defending rights is associated with heroic deeds.
Hartini Selian +2 more
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The “Super” Traditional Dancer: Her Shared Destiny with Common Superhero
Journal of Language and Literature, 2021 Being a ronggeng dancer constitutes a turning point in a life to be at an upper level of humanity. It is similar to Superman who needs a special stone to be in his superiority, and other heroes with their specialties.
Widya Nirmalawati +3 more
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Core Concepts in Heroism Science, Volume Two
, 2020 What lies at the core of heroism? This book attempts to answer this daunting question. To understand the core of heroism – the forces underlying it – let’s first examine what heroism is at its surface.
Allison, Scott T.
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