Conscientious Objectors in Israel - Citizenship, Sacrifice, Trials of Fealty

Conscientious Objectors in Israel chronicles the personal experiences of two generations of Jewish Israeli conscientious objectors as they grapple with their consciences under the pressure of justifying their actions to the Israeli state and society.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Interrupted Sacrifice

Chapter 2. Every Tongue's Got to Confess

Chapter 3. Confronting Sacrifice

Chapter 4. Pacifist? Prove It! The Adjudication of Conscience

Chapter 5. The Yoke of Conscience and the Binds of Community

Conclusion. False Promises

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Erica Weiss teaches anthropology at Tel Aviv University.

Summary

Conscientious Objectors in Israel chronicles the personal experiences of two generations of Jewish Israeli conscientious objectors as they grapple with their consciences under the pressure of justifying their actions to the Israeli state and society.

Product details

• Authors: Erica Weiss
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2014
• EAN: 9780812245929
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4592-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence; Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education