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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Erica, 1981- author.

Series:

Ethnography of political violence.

Ethnography of political violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conscientious objectors--Israel.

Conscientious objectors.

Conscientious objection--Israel.

Conscientious objection.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Conscientious objectors.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Moral and ethical aspects.

Soldiers--Political activity--Israel.

Soldiers.

Conscientious objectors--Legal status, laws, etc--Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]

Summary:

In Conscientious Objectors in Israel, Erica Weiss examines the lives of Israelis who have refused to perform military service for reasons of conscience. Based on long-term fieldwork, this ethnography chronicles the personal experiences of two generations of Jewish conscientious objectors as they grapple with the pressure of justifying their actions to the Israeli state and society—often suffering severe social and legal consequences, including imprisonment. 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.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Introduction

1. The Interrupted Sacrifice

2. Every Tongue’s Got to Confess

3. Confronting Sacrifice

4. Pacifist? Prove It! The Adjudication of Conscience

5. The Yoke of Conscience and the Binds of Community

Conclusion: False Promises

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812209426

0812209427

OCLC:

875520199