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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808023303321

Autore

Weiss Erica <1981->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2014

ISBN

0-8122-0942-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Collana

Ethnography of political violence

Disciplina

355.2/24095694

Soggetti

Conscientious objectors - Israel

Conscientious objection - Israel

Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Conscientious objectors

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

Soldiers - Political activity - Israel

Conscientious objectors - Legal status, laws, etc - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.