Soldiering under occupation : process of numbing among Israeli soldiers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada /: process of numbing among Israeli soldiers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Erella Grassiani.
• Other Names: Grassiani, Erella
• Contents: Understanding Israeli soldiers -- Israel: a militarized society -- Uprisings -- Soldiers as perpetrators -- Misbehaviour and violence -- Conclusion -- Studying soldiers -- Becoming or being a perpetrator -- Space, power, (mis)behaviour and morality -- Physical closeness and distance -- Constructed moralities in speech -- Moral disengagement and denial -- Perpetrators' accounts -- Conclusion -- Checkpoints, arrests and patrols: spaces of occupation -- Policing by soldiers: dirty work -- Checkpoints: obstruction of passage -- Arrests and 'straw widows': entering the private Palestinian domain -- Patrolling -- Conclusion -- Performing as occupiers: operational dynamics -- Routine -- Relations of power -- Tired, bored and scared: emotional, physical and cognitive numbing -- Anger, boredom, frustration and more: the emotional dimension -- Hot, cold and tired: the physical dimension -- Unclear categories and uncertainty: implications of the cognitive dimension -- Conclusion -- Blurring morals: the numbed moral competence of soldiers -- Moral professionalism -- Cognitive blurring -- Detachment: 'not thinking about it' -- Conclusion -- Morality in speech: discursive strategies of soldiers -- The minimization of moral agency -- Professionalism (miktsoayut) -- Bottom-up: soldiers' talk -- Strategic talk -- Ideology -- No need for explanation -- Critical voices: moral re-sensitizing -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- The systemic approach: taking the Israeli case outside of its borders.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 148 pages)
• Subjects: 956.9405/4; Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- -- Atrocities; Soldiers -- Israel -- Social conditions; Soldiers -- Israel -- Moral conditions; Soldiers -- Israel -- Attitudes; Apathy; Military ethics -- Israel; Military government -- Israel; Human rights -- Israel; Human rights -- West Bank; Human rights -- Gaza Strip; HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857459572; 0857459570
• Related ISBNs: 9780857459565; 0857459562
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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