The elephant in the room: critical reflections on militarism, war, and their health contingencies.

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.

Citation

Sharon McGuire, Joyceen Boyle. The elephant in the room: critical reflections on militarism, war, and their health contingencies. ANS. Advances in nursing science. 2008 Apr-Jun;31(2):128-38

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PMID: 18497589

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