History of self-immolation
January 20, 2011 9:32 AM Subscribe
Mefibooks: History of self-immolation in the Middle East?
Looking for a book on thorough history of self-immolation ( most recently shown in female self-immolation as reported from Herat). I know there is a separate analysis of self-immolation in Buddhism, however I am most interested in the topic as it pertains to the history of Middle East.
Thank you!
Looking for a book on thorough history of self-immolation ( most recently shown in female self-immolation as reported from Herat). I know there is a separate analysis of self-immolation in Buddhism, however I am most interested in the topic as it pertains to the history of Middle East.
Thank you!
Best answer: Not sure if this aligns with your topic, but I happened to catch this story on NPR the other day, in which an Oxford sociology prof who studies self-immolation as form of protest was interviewed. It's not specific to the Middle East, but looks like he contributed a chapter on self-immolation to the book Making Sense of Suicide Missions.
posted by motherly corn at 2:49 PM on January 20, 2011
posted by motherly corn at 2:49 PM on January 20, 2011
They've been doing it, as least as far as I know, as far back as 2006 in Morocco. That time, it was a college graduate who set himself on fire because he couldn't find a job.
posted by HopperFan at 5:12 PM on January 20, 2011
posted by HopperFan at 5:12 PM on January 20, 2011
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Time Magazine has this very brief history here.
Everything I'm seeing is calling a "new trend."
I just did a quick search of academic searches and found no books about self-immolation except in Buddhism. These academic articles might be relevant (you might be able to find them or at least abstracts via Google Scholar):
Ahmadi, Alireza, Reza Mohammadi, David C. Schwebel, Naser Yeganeh, Mehdi Hassanzadeh, and Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi. "Paperpsychiatry : Psychiatric Disorders (axis I and Axis Ii) and Self-Immolation: a Case-Control Study from Iran." Journal of Forensic Sciences. 55.2 (2010): 447-450.
Raj, A, C Gomez, and JG Silverman. "Driven to a Fiery Death-the Tragedy of Self-Immolation in Afghanistan." The New England Journal of Medicine. 358.21 (2008): 2201-3.
Kanchan, T, A Menon, and R.G Menezes. "Methods of Choice in Completed Suicides: Gender Differences and Review of Literature." Journal of Forensic Sciences. 54.4 (2009): 938-942.
Brostoff, Emily L. The Communicative Act of Self-Immolation: (in Protest of Unpopular U.s. Occupations). , 2009. Print. (Thesis at UCLA.)
posted by bluedaisy at 1:56 PM on January 20, 2011