{"product_id":"conscientious-objectors-in-israel-erica-weiss","title":"Conscientious Objectors in Israel | Erica Weiss","description":"\u003ch2\u003eConscientious Objectors in Israel | Erica Weiss\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConscientious Objectors in Israel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eErica Weiss \u003c\/strong\u003eexamines the lives of Israelis who have refused to perform military service for reasons of conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on long-term fieldwork, this ethnography chronicles the personal experiences of \u003cstrong\u003etwo generations of Jewish conscientious objectors\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile most scholarly work has considered the causes of animosity and violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, \u003ci\u003eConscientious Objectors in Israel\u003c\/i\u003e examines how and under what circumstances one is able to refuse to commit acts of violence in the midst of that conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the social life of conscientious dissent, Weiss exposes the tension within \u003cstrong\u003eliberal citizenship\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeiss explores conscience as a political entity that sits precariously outside the jurisdictional bounds of state power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the lens of Israeli conscientious objection, Weiss looks at the \u003cstrong\u003enature of contemporary citizenship\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51521128628539,"sku":"081224592X","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780812245929.jpg?v=1785529590","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/conscientious-objectors-in-israel-erica-weiss","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}