A theory of the drone / / Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd
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| Autore: |
Chamayou Grégoire
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| Titolo: |
A theory of the drone / / Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : The New Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 172/.42 |
| Soggetto topico: | Drone aircraft - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Military ethics | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | LloydJanet <1934-> |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Prelude; Introduction; Chapter 1: Methodologies for a Hostile Environment; Chapter 2: The Genealogy of the Predator; Chapter 3: The Theoretical Principles of Manhunting; Chapter 4: Surveillance and Annihilation; Chapter 5: Pattern-of-Life Analysis; Chapter 6: Kill Box; Chapter 7: Counterinsurgency from the Air; Chapter 8: Vulnerabilities; Chapter 9: Drones and Kamikazes; Chapter 10: "That Others May Die"; Chapter 11: A Crisis in Military Ethos; Chapter 12: Psychopathologies of the Drone; Chapter 13: Killing from a Distance; Chapter 14: Combatant Immunity |
| Chapter 15: A Humanitarian WeaponChapter 16: Precision; Chapter 17: Indelicate Murderers; Chapter 18: Warfare Without Combat; Chapter 19: License to Kill; Chapter 20: In War as in Peace; Chapter 21: Democratic Militarism; Chapter 22: The Essence of Combatants; Chapter 23: The Fabrication of Political Automata; Epilogue; Notes; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Drone warfare has raised profound ethical and constitutional questions both in the halls of Congress and among the U.S. public. Not since debates over nuclear warfare has American military strategy been the subject of discussion in living rooms, classrooms, and houses of worship. Yet as this groundbreaking new work shows, the full implications of drones have barely been addressed in the recent media storm.In a unique take on a subject that has grabbed headlines and is consuming billions of taxpayer dollars each year, philosopher Grégoire Chamayou applies the lens of philosophy to our understan |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A theory of the drone |
| ISBN: | 1-59558-976-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787139703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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