Under den Kolde Krig satte den amerikanske regering en udvalgt gruppe akademikere, bl.a. samfundsforskere og behavioristiske psykologer, til at fungere som politiske rådgivere, der skulle komme med forklaringer på den kommunistiske fjendes handlingsmønstre. Disse blev så brugt i…
At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government enlisted the aid of a select group of psychologists, sociologists, and political scientists to blueprint enemy behavior. Not only did these academics bring sophisticated concepts to what became a project of demonizing communist …
"Based at government-funded think tanks, the experts devised provocative solutions for key Cold War dilemmas, including psychological warfare projects, negotiation strategies during the Korean armistice, and morale studies in the Vietnam era. Robin examines factors that shaped t…
Contemporary forms of capitalism and the state require close analytic attention to reveal the conditions of possibility for effective counter-politics. On the other hand the practice of collective politics needs to be studied through historical ethnography if we are to understan…
