Can we end war with feminism?
'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. The contributors propose a range of solutions that include arms abolition, centring 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.
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“This feminist storytelling about war itself is the most radical act of dissent. Remember when they did not want us to study or research war, and write about it? We could mourn its victims, but could we have a politics highlighting its violence and failures, and demanding its end?”
— Swati Parashar, Contributing Author
How can we end war?
In our unique book launch event, authors from around the world submit their feminist solutions for ending war.
Authors in order of video appearance:
0:00 Intro | 0:10 Megan MacKenzie and Nicole Wegner | 1:23 Swati Parasha | 1:33 Jessica Russ-Smith | 1:58 Yolande Bouka | 3:55 Shweta Singh | 4:28 Diksha Podda | 5:13 Roxani Krystalli | 6:44 Heidi Hudson | 7:04 Eda Gunaydin | 8:34 Ray Acheson | 9:23 Cai Wilkinson | 9:57 Sarai B. Aharoni | 11:31 Sertan Saral | 12:52 Keina Yoshida | 14:10 Thomas Gregory | 16:02 Laura J. Shepherd | 16:40 Carol Cohn & Claire Duncanson | 17:15 Megan MacKenzie and Nicole Wegner
Praise for “Feminist Solutions for Ending War”
“Feminist Solutions for Ending War offers sophisticated conceptual analysis, rich empirical grounding, a spirit of intellectual and practical solidarity, and above all, real and hopeful tools for making other choices possible.”
— Kenneth MacLeish, Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University
“...As I read the grounded, energizing chapters of Mackenzie's and Wegner's engaging book, I realized that the unrealistic ones among us are actually those who perpetuate the myth of unending war.”
— Cynthia Enloe, author of The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging Persistent Patriarchy
“Explains the deeply-rooted gendered realities of war and builds on intersectional feminist analyses to articulate diverse creative possibilities for peace. In our increasingly militarized world, it challenges us to use our political imaginations to think differently.”
— Kimberly Hutchings, Professor of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University, London
“A serious engagement with collective responsibility would change the way we understand war, and has implications for peace that we are yet to contemplate fully.”
— Heidi Hudson, Contributing Author
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