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Värt att dö(da) för: militär plikt, död och mening

Hansson, Karin LU (2024) FKVK02 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis investigates how young men who have completed military service emotionally navigate within the discourse of the duty to potentially kill or die for the nation. With a poststructuralist point of departure and a feminist theoretical framework of militarisation, this study explores how a militarised discourse of life and death becomes meaningful for its subjects. Employing an interpretative approach within a feminist methodology, the study aims to elucidate the legitimation of political violence through militarisation. The thesis builds on data from in-depth interviews with young men who have completed military service, data which is analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis, employing the concept of 'emotion discourse' for... (More)
This thesis investigates how young men who have completed military service emotionally navigate within the discourse of the duty to potentially kill or die for the nation. With a poststructuralist point of departure and a feminist theoretical framework of militarisation, this study explores how a militarised discourse of life and death becomes meaningful for its subjects. Employing an interpretative approach within a feminist methodology, the study aims to elucidate the legitimation of political violence through militarisation. The thesis builds on data from in-depth interviews with young men who have completed military service, data which is analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis, employing the concept of 'emotion discourse' for operationalization. Through this analysis, a nuanced array of emotion discourses emerges, encompassing anxiety and safety, as well as courage, strength, and honour – thus making the duty to potentially die/kill for the nation meaningful. Furthermore, the findings suggest that even in a contemporary context where women increasingly participate in the military, emotion discourses surrounding military death remain gendered, perpetuating traditional notions of masculinity and sacrifice. Ultimately, the study contends that militarisation exerts influence not solely through repression, but also through its uplifting effects, making it meaningful to its subjects. (Less)
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author
Hansson, Karin LU
supervisor
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course
FKVK02 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
militarisation, poststructuralism, feminist theory, emotion discourse, military duty
language
Swedish
id
9153954
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 14:04:59
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2024-07-18 14:04:59
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates how young men who have completed military service emotionally navigate within the discourse of the duty to potentially kill or die for the nation. With a poststructuralist point of departure and a feminist theoretical framework of militarisation, this study explores how a militarised discourse of life and death becomes meaningful for its subjects. Employing an interpretative approach within a feminist methodology, the study aims to elucidate the legitimation of political violence through militarisation. The thesis builds on data from in-depth interviews with young men who have completed military service, data which is analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis, employing the concept of 'emotion discourse' for operationalization. Through this analysis, a nuanced array of emotion discourses emerges, encompassing anxiety and safety, as well as courage, strength, and honour – thus making the duty to potentially die/kill for the nation meaningful. Furthermore, the findings suggest that even in a contemporary context where women increasingly participate in the military, emotion discourses surrounding military death remain gendered, perpetuating traditional notions of masculinity and sacrifice. Ultimately, the study contends that militarisation exerts influence not solely through repression, but also through its uplifting effects, making it meaningful to its subjects.}},
  author       = {{Hansson, Karin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Värt att dö(da) för: militär plikt, död och mening}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}