James Eastwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Eastwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Eastwood |
| SIGNATURE | EASTWOOD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Protectable life: Tracing the inherent violence of protection
Responding to Thomas Gregory’s text, Weaponizing Civilian Protection, this review analyses the argument in light ofthe experience of the Second Trump Administration. It argues that this should prompt a deeper reevaluation of the concept of civilian protection. Instead of being something previously desirable which has now been “weaponised”, a longer and darker colonial genealogy of protection emerges. From this vantage point, protection has always…
Reading Abdul Fattah al-Sharif, reading Elor Azaria: Anti-Mizrahi racism in the moral economy of Zionist settler colonial violence
This article argues that anti-Mizrahi racism plays a crucial role in the legitimation of Zionist settler colonial violence in Palestine. It takes as its point of departure the recent controversy surrounding the killing of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by the Israeli sergeant Elor Azaria, a Mizrahi Jew. Probing the reasons for the unusual degree of public opprobrium heaped upon Azaria compared with other similar cases of violence, the article seeks to pl…
Enabling Militarism? The Inclusion of Soldiers with Disabilities in the Israeli Military
Soldiers are rarely imagined as having disabilities, other than when they are injured in war. Yet in recent years the Israeli military has devoted considerable resources to programs promoting the inclusion of soldiers with intellectual disabilities. This paper critically examines two such programs, arguing that they should prompt a reexamination of assumptions in both critical military studies and critical disability studies. These two fields are…
Rethinking militarism as ideology: The critique of violence after security
This article argues for a reformulation of the concept of ‘militarism’ as ideology. Although existing sociological approaches have been suspicious of an understanding of militarism as ideology, these criticisms have misrepresented the implications of adopting such a concept. By returning to Althusser’s classic study of ideology, and complementing it with more recent psychoanalytic approaches that emphasize the centrality of desire, the article sh…
For God and country? Religious student-soldiers in the Israel defence forces
For God and country? Religious student-soldiers in the Israel defence forces." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 16(3), pp. 517–518
Meaningful service: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism
How can ethics be a militarist practice? This article offers an answer to this question using a study of teaching at Israeli pre-military academies for high-school graduates. It argues that when ethics operates as a practice of subject formation, it is quite possible for it to reinforce the militarist process whereby citizens are turned into soldiers. Based on interviews with teaching staff and participant observation at these academies, this art…
Rethinking militarism as ideology: The critique of violence after security
This article argues for a reformulation of the concept of ‘militarism’ as ideology. Although existing sociological approaches have been suspicious of an understanding of militarism as ideology, these criticisms have misrepresented the implications of adopting such a concept. By returning to Althusser’s classic study of ideology, and complementing it with more recent psychoanalytic approaches that emphasize the centrality of desire, the article sh…
Enabling Militarism? The Inclusion of Soldiers with Disabilities in the Israeli Military
Soldiers are rarely imagined as having disabilities, other than when they are injured in war. Yet in recent years the Israeli military has devoted considerable resources to programs promoting the inclusion of soldiers with intellectual disabilities. This paper critically examines two such programs, arguing that they should prompt a reexamination of assumptions in both critical military studies and critical disability studies. These two fields are…
Meaningful service: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism
How can ethics be a militarist practice? This article offers an answer to this question using a study of teaching at Israeli pre-military academies for high-school graduates. It argues that when ethics operates as a practice of subject formation, it is quite possible for it to reinforce the militarist process whereby citizens are turned into soldiers. Based on interviews with teaching staff and participant observation at these academies, this art…
Meaningful service: Pedagogy at Israeli pre-military academies and the ethics of militarism
How can ethics be a militarist practice? This article offers an answer to this question using a study of teaching at Israeli pre-military academies for high-school graduates. It argues that when ethics operates as a practice of subject formation, it is quite possible for it to reinforce the militarist process whereby citizens are turned into soldiers. Based on interviews with teaching staff and participant observation at these academies, this art…
For God and country? Religious student-soldiers in the Israel defence forces
For God and country? Religious student-soldiers in the Israel defence forces." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 16(3), pp. 517–518
Rethinking militarism as ideology: The critique of violence after security
This article argues for a reformulation of the concept of ‘militarism’ as ideology. Although existing sociological approaches have been suspicious of an understanding of militarism as ideology, these criticisms have misrepresented the implications of adopting such a concept. By returning to Althusser’s classic study of ideology, and complementing it with more recent psychoanalytic approaches that emphasize the centrality of desire, the article sh…
Reading Abdul Fattah al-Sharif, reading Elor Azaria: Anti-Mizrahi racism in the moral economy of Zionist settler colonial violence
This article argues that anti-Mizrahi racism plays a crucial role in the legitimation of Zionist settler colonial violence in Palestine. It takes as its point of departure the recent controversy surrounding the killing of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by the Israeli sergeant Elor Azaria, a Mizrahi Jew. Probing the reasons for the unusual degree of public opprobrium heaped upon Azaria compared with other similar cases of violence, the article seeks to pl…
Enabling Militarism? The Inclusion of Soldiers with Disabilities in the Israeli Military
Soldiers are rarely imagined as having disabilities, other than when they are injured in war. Yet in recent years the Israeli military has devoted considerable resources to programs promoting the inclusion of soldiers with intellectual disabilities. This paper critically examines two such programs, arguing that they should prompt a reexamination of assumptions in both critical military studies and critical disability studies. These two fields are…
Protectable life: Tracing the inherent violence of protection
Responding to Thomas Gregory’s text, Weaponizing Civilian Protection, this review analyses the argument in light ofthe experience of the Second Trump Administration. It argues that this should prompt a deeper reevaluation of the concept of civilian protection. Instead of being something previously desirable which has now been “weaponised”, a longer and darker colonial genealogy of protection emerges. From this vantage point, protection has always…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Militarism (3 works)