Civilians at War
New book looks at the blurred boundaries between civilian and soldier
Museum Tusculanum Press is launching an edited volume that explores the engrained but painfully nebulous distinction between soldiers and civilians. Civilians at War. From the Fifteenth Century to the Present presents six contributions that analyze how the social distinctions and divisions that surround war play out across different historical and geographical settings.
Together the contributions offer a novel understanding of the problematic middle ground that civilians occupy during wartime. The volume contains contributions by Robin May Schott (DIIS) who reflects on wartime violence against civilians, focusing on war rape, as well as Steffen Jensen (Dignity) and Finn Stepputat (DIIS) who write about the conceptual problems and practical experiences of demobilizing groups of armed civilians after violent conflict. The book is edited by Prof. Gunnar Lind from Copenhagen University. In the US the book is distributed by Chicago University Press.
Together the contributions offer a novel understanding of the problematic middle ground that civilians occupy during wartime. The volume contains contributions by Robin May Schott (DIIS) who reflects on wartime violence against civilians, focusing on war rape, as well as Steffen Jensen (Dignity) and Finn Stepputat (DIIS) who write about the conceptual problems and practical experiences of demobilizing groups of armed civilians after violent conflict. The book is edited by Prof. Gunnar Lind from Copenhagen University. In the US the book is distributed by Chicago University Press.
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