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Feminist Solutions for Ending War
‘War is a man’s game,’ or so goes the saying. Whether this is true or not, patriarchal capitalism is certainly one of the driving forces behind war in the modern era. So can we end war with feminism? This book argues that this is possible, and is in fact already happening.
Each chapter provides a solution to war using innovative examples of how feminist and queer theory and practice inform pacifist treaties, movements and methods, from the international to the domestic spheres. Chapters propose a range of solutions that include arms abolition, centering Indigenous knowledge, economic restructuring, and transforming how we ‘count’ civilian deaths.
Ending war requires challenging complex structures, but the solutions found in this edition have risen to this challenge. By thinking beyond the violence of the capitalist patriarchy, this book makes the powerful case that the possibility of life without war is real.
Each chapter provides a solution to war using innovative examples of how feminist and queer theory and practice inform pacifist treaties, movements and methods, from the international to the domestic spheres. Chapters propose a range of solutions that include arms abolition, centering Indigenous knowledge, economic restructuring, and transforming how we ‘count’ civilian deaths.
Ending war requires challenging complex structures, but the solutions found in this edition have risen to this challenge. By thinking beyond the violence of the capitalist patriarchy, this book makes the powerful case that the possibility of life without war is real.
272 pages, Hardcover
Published November 20, 2021
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January 6, 2024
these essays provide varied and insightful possibilities to end war (or war as we understand it) through multiple different feminist lenses and broaden what most laymen would consider as "feminist".
August 16, 2022
Great summary of feminist literature and concepts related to war, good introduction to rethinking the concepts of war, security and peace.
Overall, however, the collection of diverse approaches doesn't go far enough to make it interesting. The academic style of writing didn't help either, I'd have definitely preferred more bullet points than long paragraphs that repeat themselves often.
As such, we have a great intro, some okay diverse views and then nothing else. It feels there's so much to build from but without actually doing it.
Overall, however, the collection of diverse approaches doesn't go far enough to make it interesting. The academic style of writing didn't help either, I'd have definitely preferred more bullet points than long paragraphs that repeat themselves often.
As such, we have a great intro, some okay diverse views and then nothing else. It feels there's so much to build from but without actually doing it.
August 27, 2024
more like a 3.5 probably. hard to rate as a whole because of how varied the separate chapters are, and unfortunately not all sections were created equal. the chapter on the rojava was without a doubt the standout to me, with the nuclear chapter a solid second.
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