Buck Emisaire-Martyr, National Hero and Suicide-Bomber: The Endless Metamorphosis of Collective Violence

Abstract

This paper takes into account the sociological profiles of three social types —the scapegoat- martyr, the national hero and the suicide-bomber— who historically embody violence in its specific social environments and with the respective motives which are behind their actions, being aware always that those types are being counteracted in a peaceful way by another social types such as the citizen, the celebrity of the modern culture and so on.