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Televising the execution of Nidal Hasan is about more than voyeuristic violence
Authoritarianism requires rituals of death that seek to transform secular oppression into religious orthodoxy while communicating the need to murderously purge “the other.”
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Descent Into Madness: The Ritualization of Death and Fascism
The public execution of Nidal Hasan is a potent milestone