Chris Rossdale

Resisting Militarism

Direct Action and the Politics of Subversion

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a unique critical insight into the political dynamics of anti-militarist activism in the UK In the past fifteen years, activists opposing militarism 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 second, that the methods and ideas used by anti-militarists can be a potent force for radical political change. Chris Rossdale is a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781474443036
• ISBN-10: 1474443036
• Artikelnr.: 54844228

Autorenporträt

Chris Rossdale is Lecturer in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Anti-Militarist Direct Action
Conceptualising Militarism
Feminist and Queer Anti-Militarism
Agents of Security
Resisting Security
Contestations
Diversity
Dis/Obedience
Regimes
Conclusion
List of Interviews
Bibliography.