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Ethics as a weapon of war : militarism and morality in Israel /
"What role does ethics play in modern-day warfare? Is it possible for ethics and militarism to exist hand-in-hand? James Eastwood examines the Israeli military and its claim to be 'the most moral army in the world'. This claim has been strongly contested by human rights bodies and int...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Imprints Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'The Most Moral Army in the World'; The Moral Army Mythology; The Ethics of Israeli Militarism: Key Arguments; Chapter Outline; 1 Militarising the Ethical Turn; The Philosopher Who Started a War; Towards an Anthropology of Military Ethics; Ethics and Militarist Governmentality; Militarism as Ideology; Notes on Method; 2 'The Spirit of the IDF'; The Origins of the IDF Ethical Code.
- Redrafting the IDF Ethical Code'Purity of Arms' and the Assaults on Gaza; Conclusion: The 'New Spirit' of Militarism; 3 'Keeping a Human Image': Teaching Military Ethics in the IDF; The Institutional Framework of Ethical Pedagogy in the IDF; Teaching Ethics to IDF Officers: Asceticism and Self-Examination; Teaching Ethics to Soldiers: Multimedia, Theatre, and 'Empathy'; Conclusion: The 'Sublime Object' of Militarism; 4 'Meaningful Service': Ethics and Pedagogy at Pre-military Academies in Israel.
- The Origins and Development of Pre-military AcademiesAscetic Institutions: Cultivating the Self; Teaching Military Ethics at Secular Pre-military Academies ; Purity of Arms; Anti-Military Militarists: Leadership and Authority; Not Teaching Ethics; Graduate Soldiers' Testimony; Ethical Pedagogy at Religious Pre-military Academies; Conclusion: Militarism as a 'Test of the Self'; 5 Between Guilt and Anxiety: Collecting Testimony in Breaking the Silence; The Emergence of Breaking the Silence; 'Psychological Shit': The Testimony Process.
- Melancholy PoliticsUneven and Incidental Occurrence; The Return to Guilt through Melancholia; The Blocked Path to Courage and Justice; Conclusion: Militarism as 'Cruel Optimism'; 6 'Creating a Moral Conversation': The Public Activism of Breaking the Silence; The Political Strategy of Breaking the Silence; 'Bringing Our Parents to Hebron': Tours and Lectures; 'Bringing Our PTSD into the mekhina': Breaking the Silence at Pre-military Academies; Conclusion: Militarism as 'Incitement to Discourse'
- Conclusion: Towards an Anti-militarist EthicsFrom Military Ethics to Militarist Ethics; Ethics and the Critique of War; Breaking the Silence under Attack; The Challenge of Anti-militarist Ethics; List of Interviews; Appendix A: 'The Spirit of the IDF', First Version, 1994; Appendix B: 'The Spirit of the IDF', Updated Version, 2001; Bibliography.