War, technology, anthropology / / edited by Koen Stroeken
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| Titolo: |
War, technology, anthropology / / edited by Koen Stroeken
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2012] |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (158 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.6/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | War and society |
| War and civilization | |
| War - Technological innovations | |
| Technology - Anthropological aspects | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | StroekenKoen |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | part I. Perpetuating war -- part II. Globalizing war. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | War, technology, anthropology |
| ISBN: | 0-85745-588-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787881103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Critical interventions ; ; volume 13.