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100			_aStroeken, Koen _9857188
245		0	_aWar technology anthropology
260			_aNew York, _bBerghahn Books: _c2012.
300			_avi, 152p.
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.
650			_aGlobalizing war _9857189
650			_aPerpetuating war _9857190
650			_aWar anthropology _9857191
650			_aAnthropology _9857192
700			_aStroeken, Koen _9857188
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