The New Conscientious Objection
From Sacred to Secular Resistance
1st Edition
Published on 8. April 1993
297 pages
978-0-19-535993-0 (ISBN)
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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.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Part I: Introduction: The Secularization of Conscience
- 1. The Secularization of Conscience
- Part II: The United States
- 2. Conscientious Objectors and the American State from Colonial Times to the Present
- 3. The Dilemma of Conscientious Objection for Afro-Americans
- 4. Alternative Service in a Future Draft
- Part III: Comparative Perspectives
- 5. Britain: From Individual Conscience to Social Movement
- 6. France: A Statute but No Objectors
- 7. The Federal Republic of Germany: Conscientious Objection as Social Welfare
- 8. Denmark: The Vanguard of Conscientious Objection
- 9. Norway: Toward Full Freedom of Choice?
- 10. South Africa: From Laager to Anti-Apartheid
- 11. Switzerland: Questioning the Citizen Soldier
- 12. Israel: Conscientious Objection in a Democracy under Siege
- 13. The German Democratic Republic: Dissidence That Prevailed
- 14. Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe: The Old Orders Crumble
- Part IV: The Secularization of Conscience Reconsidered
- 15. Legal Aspects of Conscientious Objection: A Comparative Analysis
- 16. Conclusion: The Secularization of Conscience Reconsidered
- Appendix A: Australia
- Appendix B: Bulgaria
- Appendix C: Greece
- Appendix D: Italy
- Appendix E: The Netherlands
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
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