McGuire S, Boyle J
The elephant in the room: critical reflections on militarism, war, and their health contingencies. [Journal Article]
ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2008 Apr-Jun; 31(2):128-38.
This philosophical analysis critically explores an archeology of militarism as an underpinning to multiple forms of violence, especially war. Deconstructing militarism and its discourses reveal it as a pervasive geographical, cultural, political, and psychological presence. New war technologies, related health and environmental problems, injuries, social suffering, and disproportionality in military spending as a threat to health are uncovered. Continuing the dialogue in formal nursing associations, critiquing media complicity in securing consent for war, and reconstructing a nonviolent, healthier world through nonviolent resistance are advocated.
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