To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion
This paper argues that the principles of just war theory are ambiguous, with too many exceptions justifying a cycle of violence that puts children at risk. This is undertaken through a cultural legal analysis of Neon Genesis Evangelion, particularly its presentation of child soldiers. The children w...
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| description | This paper argues that the principles of just war theory are ambiguous, with too many exceptions justifying a cycle of violence that puts children at risk. This is undertaken through a cultural legal analysis of Neon Genesis Evangelion, particularly its presentation of child soldiers. The children within the narrative were conscripted into an armed galactic conflict where human survival relied on an adolescent hero. Neon Genesis Evangelion reveals the ambiguities of just war theory’s first limb, jus ad bellum, by highlighting excessive exceptions. The circular violence in the narrative depicts a model of violence that impacts children. This analysis contributes to the discourse on just war theory in the contemporary atmosphere of fractured global relationships. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36c87c293b0949c994cb83b5da4480432023-05-31T02:31:31ZengQueensland University of TechnologyLaw, Technology and Humans2652-40742023-05-0151405710.5204/lthj.25102820To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis EvangelionEmily Wati Muir0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4903-1583Queensland University of TechnologyThis paper argues that the principles of just war theory are ambiguous, with too many exceptions justifying a cycle of violence that puts children at risk. This is undertaken through a cultural legal analysis of Neon Genesis Evangelion, particularly its presentation of child soldiers. The children within the narrative were conscripted into an armed galactic conflict where human survival relied on an adolescent hero. Neon Genesis Evangelion reveals the ambiguities of just war theory’s first limb, jus ad bellum, by highlighting excessive exceptions. The circular violence in the narrative depicts a model of violence that impacts children. This analysis contributes to the discourse on just war theory in the contemporary atmosphere of fractured global relationships.https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/2510lawwarchildhoodjusticejus ad bellumchild soildersconflict |
| spellingShingle | Emily Wati Muir To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion Law, Technology and Humans law war childhood justice jus ad bellum child soilders conflict |
| title | To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion |
| title_full | To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion |
| title_fullStr | To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion |
| title_full_unstemmed | To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion |
| title_short | To Face the World Alone or Together: Jus ad Bellum and the Lives of Child Soldiers in Neon Genesis Evangelion |
| title_sort | to face the world alone or together jus ad bellum and the lives of child soldiers in neon genesis evangelion |
| topic | law war childhood justice jus ad bellum child soilders conflict |
| url | https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/2510 |
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