Bibliograph

Conscientious objectors in Israel, citizenship, sacrifice, trials of fealty, Erica Weiss

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Conscientious objectors in Israel, citizenship, sacrifice, trials of fealty, Erica Weiss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 179-195)

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Conscientious objectors in Israel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

860943794

Responsibility statement

Erica Weiss

Series statement

Ethnography of political violence

Sub title

citizenship, sacrifice, trials of fealty

Summary

While most scholarly work has considered the causes of animosity and violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Conscientious Objectors in Israel examines how and under what circumstances one is able to refuse to commit acts of violence in the midst of that conflict. By exploring the social life of conscientious dissent, Weiss exposes the tension within liberal citizenship between the protection of individual rights and obligations of self-sacrifice. While conscience is a strong cultural claim, military refusal directly challenges Israeli state sovereignty. Weiss explores conscience as a political entity that sits precariously outside the jurisdictional bounds of state power. Through the lens of Israeli conscientious objection, Weiss looks at the nature of contemporary citizenship, examining how the expectations of sacrifice shape the politics of both consent and dissent. In doing so, she exposes the sacrificial logic of the modern nation-state and demonstrates how personal crises of conscience can play out on the geopolitical stage.--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. The Interrupted Sacrifice Chapter 2. Every Tongue's Got to Confess Chapter 3. Confronting Sacrifice Chapter 4. Pacifist? Prove It! The Adjudication of Conscience Chapter 5. The Yoke of Conscience and the Binds of Community Conclusion. False Promises

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