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024 7 _a10.1515/9780857455888
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780857455888
035 _a(DE-B1597)637159
035 _a(OCoLC)871775381
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
_cDE-B1597
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072 7 _aSOC002010
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a303.6 6
_223
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aWar, Technology, Anthropology /
_ced. by Koen Stroeken.
264 1 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bBerghahn Books,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (158 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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347 _atext file
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_2rda
490 0 _aCritical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis ;
_v13
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIntroduction: War-Technology Anthropology --
_tPart I: Perpetuating War --
_tDrones in the Tribal Zone: Virtual War and Losing Hearts and Minds in the Af-Pak War --
_tThe Dead of Night: Chaos and Spectacide of Nocturnal Combat in the Iraq War --
_tWorld in a Bottle: Prognosticating Insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan --
_tAnthropology As We Know It: A Casualty of War? --
_tPart II: Globalizing War --
_tGames without Tears, Wars without Frontiers --
_tMusic, Aesthetics, and the Technologies of Online War --
_tHumanitarian Death and the Magic of Global War in Uganda --
_tResident Violence: Miner Mwanga Magic as a War-Technology Anthropology --
_tThe Magic of Martyrdom in Palestine and Cultural Imaginaries for Killing --
_tContributors
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aTechnologies 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 have become  involved professionally in warfare through their knowledge of “cultures,” renamed as “human terrain systems.” The chapters link varied yet crucial domains of inquiry: from battlefields technologies, military-driven scientific policy, and economic warfare, to martyrdom cosmology shifts, media coverage of “distant” wars, and the virtualizing techniques and “war porn” soundtracks of the gaming industry.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aTechnology
_xAnthropological aspects.
650 0 _aWar and civilization.
650 0 _aWar and society.
650 0 _aWar
_xTechnological innovations.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
_2bisacsh
653 _aPeace and Conflict Studies, Theory and Methodology.
700 1 _aAbufarha, Nasser
_eautore
700 1 _aAllen, Robertson
_eautore
700 1 _aFerguson, R. Brian
_eautore
700 1 _aFinnström, Sverker
_eautore
700 1 _aGonzález, Roberto J.
_eautore
700 1 _aRobben, Antonius C. G. M.
_eautore
700 1 _aSluka, Jeffrey A.
_eautore
700 1 _aStroeken, Koen
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aSumera, Matthew
_eautore
700 1 _aWhitehead, Neil L.
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780857455888?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857455888
856 4 2 _3Cover
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