War, Technology, Anthropology.

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stroeken, Koen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Colección:Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis.
Temas:
War and society.
War and civilization.
War > Technological innovations.
Technology > Anthropological aspects.
Guerre et société.
Guerre et civilisation.
Guerre > Innovations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Technology > Anthropological aspects
War and civilization
War and society
War > Technological innovations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (158 pages)
ISBN:9780857455888
0857455885

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