Globalizing Resistance against War
The political revival of the anti-war movement after 9/11 launched a controversial debate on global resistance. Through detailed study of the anti-war movement in Britain, this book critically evaluates the theoretical debate from the perspective of critical theory in political practice.
This book presents new arguments and theoretical frameworks to consider globalized resistance to war. In an attempt to develop the theoretical debate further, this book analyzes two strands of current thought; liberal cosmopolitanism, which considers the movement a consensual force of opposition against war in the form of global civil society, and radical poststructuralism, which speaks of the Multitudes war against war. Including detailed empirical case studies of four anti-war organizations the Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Globalise Resistance and War Resisters International the author illustrates the limitations of the abstract nature of current theorizing and highlights the need for theory to be more engaged with political practice. While revealing tensions and conflicts within the new anti-war movement, the study not only underlines the need to critically analyze the dominant theoretical discourses but also suggests that the movement would benefit from a more open discussion about the complex relationship between unity and diversity.
Globalizing Resistance against War is invaluable reading for students and scholars of International Sociology, International Relations, War and Peace Studies, International Theory and Political Theory.
Tiina Seppl is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Lapland, Finland and Visiting Research Fellow, the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India
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