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- Title
Feministischer Pazifismus und Antimilitarismus in der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung: ein Überblick.
- Authors
NENNSTIEL, JULIA
- Abstract
The article "Feminist Pacifism and Antimilitarism in Peace and Conflict Research: an Overview" examines feminist contributions to peace and conflict research that deal with antimilitarism and pacifism. Four dimensions of criticism of the military and armed violence are identified: the reproduction of militarized gender hierarchies, the sanctioning and invisibilization of difference, the neglect of contextual connections of violence, and the marginalization of nonviolent or nonmilitary approaches to conflict resolution. The article emphasizes that feminist and pacifist perspectives are often neglected in non-feminist works. It is also pointed out that the inclusion of women in the military does not automatically lead to a decoupling of gender hierarchical structures. The text addresses the structural oppression of deviant subjects and the homogenization of identities in the military context. It emphasizes that military violence is not limited to specific times and spaces, but also exists in times of peace and in civilian areas. Furthermore, the notion that military violence has a deterrent effect and can prevent enemy violence is questioned. The effects of military violence on enemy violence are ambivalent and hardly predictable. The text analyzes and criticizes how military structures and practices defame nonmilitary forms of conflict resolution. Feminist-pacifist analyses show that nonmilitary alternatives such as diplomatic approaches or civilian resistance are discredited as weak and naive. Feminist-antimilitarist authors present their work as a political intervention in peace and war discourses and emphasize that feminist pacifism aims not to avoid violence, but to critically examine and question it.
- Subjects
CIVIL disobedience; WOMEN military personnel; MILITARISM; WAR; PACIFISM; CONFLICT management; FEMINIST criticism; SOCIAL reproduction; DEVIANT behavior
- Publication
Femina Politica, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
1433-6359
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3224/feminapolitica.v32i2.12