Virtual War and Magical Death Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing |
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Editor:
| Whitehead, Neil L. Finnström, Sverker |
Series title: | The Cultures and Practice of Violence Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8223-5447-5 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
Publisher: | Duke University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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The contributors to this provocative collection scrutinize the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war, contending that modern high-tech warfare is analogous to rituals of magic and sorcery, and examining the U.S. military's exploitation of ethnographic research.
The contributors to this provocative collection scrutinize the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war, contending that modern high-tech warfare is analogous to rituals of magic and sorcery, and examining the U.S. military's exploitation of ethnographic research.