Conscience at war : the Israeli soldier as a moral critic / Ruth Linn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linn, Ruth.

Series:

SUNY series in Israeli studies

SUNY series in Israeli Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conscientious objectors--Israel.

Conscientious objectors.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yisrael.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A psychological study of the Intifada "refusers," focusing on the intellectual and moral challenges selective conscientious objection poses for resisters in Israel. Linn (School of Education, Haifa U.) uses the theories of Rawls, Walzer, Kohlberg, and Gilligan as a framework for understanding and interpreting interviews with objecting soldiers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Silenced Civilian in Uniform

1 Refusal as a Moral Position

2 Refusal as a Moral Decision

3 Refusal in the Battlefield

4 Refusal in Context

5 Refusal in Action

6 Forms of Criticism

7 Criticism and Culture

8 Refusal and Motivation

9 Refusal on Trial

10 Criticism in the Making

11 Refusal in Perspective

APPENDIX KOHLBERG'S FORM B TEST

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.

ISBN:

9781438410982

1438410980

9780585043173

0585043175

OCLC:

42854768