The New Conscientious Objection From Sacred to Secular Resistance,9780195079555

The New Conscientious Objection From Sacred to Secular Resistance

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ISBN13: 9780195079555
ISBN10: 0195079558
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-04-08
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Although conscientious objection is a long-standing phenomenon, it has only recently become a major factor affecting armed forces and society. The only comprehensive, comparative scholarly study of conscientious objection to military service, this book examines the history of the practice in the Western world and state policies that have grown up in response to it. It shows how the contemporary refusal to bear arms is likely to be secular and widespread rather than religious and marginal, now including service people (as seen in the 1991 War in the Persian Gulf) as well as conscription resisters. No account of civil-military relations or peace movements in advanced industrial countries is complete without reference to conscientious objection, and this book will be the standard text on the subject.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Secularization Of Conscience
The Secularization of Conscience
The United States
The United States: COs and the State, from Colonial Times to the Present
The Dilemma of Conscientious Objection for Afro-Americans
Alternative Service in a Future Draft
International Perspectives
Britain: From Individual Conscience to Social Movement
France: A Statute but no Objectors
Federal Republic of Germany: Conscientious Objection as Social Welfare
Denmark: The Vanguard of Conscientious Objection
Norway: Toward Full Freedom Of Choice
South Africa: From Laager to Anti-Apartheid
Switzerland: Questioning the Citizen Soldier
Israel: Conscientious Objection in a Democracy Under Seige
Socialist Countries: The Old Orders Crumble
Democratic Republic of Germany: Dissedence that Prevailed
Conclusion: The Secularization Of Conscience Reconsidered
The Legal Aspects of Conscientious Objection: A Comparative Analysis
Conclusion
Index
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