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 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 rece…

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Full title :War, technology, anthropology / edited by Koen Stroeken.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (158 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780857455888, 0857455885, 1306689937, 9781306689939, 0857455877, 9780857455871
oclc:ocn878136181
LC Classification:GN497
Dewey Decimal:303.6/6

Part I. Perpetuating war -- part II. Globalizing war.

Subjects

Guerre -- Innovations Guerre et civilisation Guerre et société POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture Technology -- Anthropological aspects War -- Technological innovations War and civilization War and society