Daniil Sysoev: Mission and Martyrdom

Martyrs, Martyrdom, and the Comedia

HAUTEMENT DÉPENDANTES dirigée par Daniil RYABKO

This thesis is devoted to the theoretical analysis of unsupervised learning problems involving highly dependent time-series. Two fundamental problems are considered, namely, the problem of change point estimation as well as that of time-series clustering. The problems are considered in an extremely general framework, where the data are assumed to be generated by arbitrary, unknown stationary er...

Body, Emotion and Violence: Palestinian Suicide Bombing/Martyrdom (1993-2005)

Palestinian suicide bombing/martyrdom speaks both to the symbolic significance of the human body and also to the connections that this form of violence has to religious and interconnected political authorities and influences. This article examines these religiously and politically inspired events using an analysis of emotion and body, placing particular emphasis on their mediation through cultu...

Manipulating Martyrdom: Corneille’s (hetero)sexualization of Polyeucte

Since its creation in the season of 1641–42, Pierre Corneille’s martyr-play Polyeucte has generated widely di·ering interpretations, more so than any other work by the playwright. The debate that first surfaced among Corneille’s contemporaries, focusing on the orthodoxy of the tragedy’s central theme of martyrdom, still continues to divide critical opinion. Thus, Andr‹ e Gide confidently assert...

The Martyrdom Effect: When Pain and Effort Increase Prosocial Contributions

Most theories of motivation and behavior (and lay intuitions alike) consider pain and effort to be deterrents. In contrast to this widely held view, we provide evidence that the prospect of enduring pain and exerting effort for a prosocial cause can promote contributions to the cause. Specifically, we show that willingness to contribute to a charitable or collective cause increases when the con...