Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Event of Charlie Hebdo—Imaginaries of Freedom and Control 1
4. The Barbariat and Democratic Tolerance 12
5. Charlie Hebdo: The West and the Sacred 25
6. The Thoughtcrimes of an Eight-Year-Old 36
7. Imaginaries of Violence and Surrogates for Politics 43
8. Where Were You, Charlie? Contesting Voices of Political Activism in the Wake of a Tragedy 56
9. Moral, All-Too Moral: Satire, Morality, and Charlie Hebdo 67
10. On Blasphemy: The Paradoxes of Protecting and Mocking God 83
11. Afterword: When Is a Joke Not a Joke? The Paradox of Egalitarianism 93