A world waiting to be born: Charting a liberatory anti-war praxis

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-09-03 DOI:10.1177/17550882221121972

Jared Keyel

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Abstract

War is cruel. Its purpose is to cause suffering. American wars create survivors and victims who confront us with the penetrating gaze of those who demand justice. Their presence implores Americans to make ourselves responsible for the pain we have caused them. Meeting the obligation demanded of us by the millions of individuals we have caused to suffer requires developing a liberatory anti-war praxis informed by distinct ethical and political commitments. While neither exhaustive nor exclusive of other potentially complementary orientations and activities, I ground liberatory anti-war praxis in: (1) Commitment to praxis as a route to liberation; (2) Perpetual unsettledness toward the cruelties of war; (3) Ethical sensitivity to the victims of empire; (4) Dedication to facilitating liberatory peace; (5) Engagement with questions of pacifism, nonviolence, and liberatory self-defense. I locate liberatory anti-war praxis in the pacifist tradition, however anti-war praxis need not commit to absolute nonviolence. Each context is unique, and it is the prerogative of those suffering cruelty to pursue their own strategies and tactics of liberation.

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一个等待诞生的世界:描绘一个解放的反战实践

战争是残酷的。它的目的是造成痛苦。美国战争造就了幸存者和受害者，他们以那些要求正义的人敏锐的目光与我们对峙。他们的出现恳求美国人为我们给他们带来的痛苦负责。要履行我们造成的数百万人对我们的义务，就需要在明确的道德和政治承诺的基础上制定一种解放性的反战实践。虽然我既不详尽也不排除其他可能互补的方向和活动，但我将解放性反战实践建立在：（1）将实践作为解放的途径；（2）对战争的残酷永远感到不安；（3）对帝国受害者的伦理敏感性；（4）致力于促进解放性和平；（5）参与和平主义、非暴力和自由自卫的问题。我将解放性反战实践定位于和平主义传统，然而反战实践不必致力于绝对的非暴力。每一种情况都是独特的，那些遭受残酷折磨的人有权追求自己的解放战略和战术。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.