Conscientious objection
Subtitle: resisting militarized society
By: ed. by Özgür Heval Çinar ...
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London [u.a.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781848132771; 9781848132788
Subjects: Conscientious objection; Conscientious objectors; Just war doctrine
Description: This wide-ranging and original book brings together four different bodies of knowledge to examine the pratice of conscientious objection: historical and philosophical analyses of conscientious objection as a critique of compulsory military service and militarization; feminist, LGBT and queer analyses of conscientious objection as a critique of patriarchy, sexism, and heterosexism; activist and academic analyses of conscientious objection as a social movement and individual act of resistance; legal analyses of the status of conscientious objection in international and national law.