Resisting Militarism : : Direct Action and the Politics of Subversion / / Chris Rossdale.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Rossdale, Chris,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Advances in Critical Military Studies : ACMS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

An intimate study of the imaginative, subversive and often highly mischievous world of British anti-militarismEngages with groups including Campaign Against Arms Trade, Stop the Arms Fair, the Space Hijackers. Smash EDO and the Plowshares MovementDraws on a range of critical traditions including poststructuralism, feminism, queer theory, postcolonialism and anarchismDevelops a new account of the nature and limits of militarism, as understood from the perspective of its opponentsMakes a case for the radical and ethical potential of prefigurative direct actionIn the past 15 years, anti-militarist activists in the UK have auctioned off a tank outside an arms fair, superglued themselves to Lockheed Martin’s central London offices and stopped a battleship with a canoe. They have also challenged militarism on an everyday level in many other ways. This book tells the story of their resistance. It explores why anti-militarists take part in such actions, considers the politics of different tactics and examines the tensions and debates within the movement.As it explores the multifaceted, imaginative and highly subversive world of anti-militarism, the book also makes two overarching arguments. First, that anti-militarists can help us to understand militarism in novel and useful ways. And secondly, that the methods and ideas used by anti-militarists can be a potent force for radical political change.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Anti-Militarist Direct Action -- CHAPTER 2 Conceptualising Militarism -- CHAPTER 3 Feminist and Queer Anti-Militarism -- CHAPTER 4 Agents of Security -- CHAPTER 5 Resisting Security -- CHAPTER 6 Contestations -- CHAPTER 7 Diversity -- CHAPTER 8 Dis/Obedience -- CHAPTER 9 Regimes -- Conclusion -- LIST OF INTERVIEWS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX