TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grassiani,Erella
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Soldiering under occupation: processes of numbing among Israeli soldiers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada 
AV  - DS119.765 .G72 2013
U1  - 956.9405/4 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-
KW  - Atrocities
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Israel
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Moral conditions
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Apathy
KW  - Military ethics
KW  - Military government
KW  - Human rights
KW  - West Bank
KW  - Gaza Strip
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
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