War, Technology, Anthropology.
Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to "virtualize" human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these technologies are meant to c...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2011.
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| Series: | Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to "virtualize" human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these technologies are meant to combat. This concise volume of research and reflections from different regions across Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, observes how anthropology operates as a technology of war. It tackles recent theories of humans in society colluding with imperialist claims, including anthropologists who ha. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (158 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780857455888 0857455885 |