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Anthropology and global counterinsurgency / edited by John D. Kelly [and others]

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (vii, 397 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-226-42995-3 ; 0-226-42995-4 ; 978-0-226-42993-9

LB 39610 LB 51000

 

f Aufsatzsammlung  USA  Ethnologe  Militärpolitik  Aufstand  Niederschlagung, Politik 

"Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U.S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting intense ethical and scholarly debate. Inspired by these issues, the essays in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and they articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations." "This book investigates the shifting boundaries between military and civil state violence; perceptions and effects of American power around the globe; the history of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice; and debate over culture, knowledge, and conscience in counterinsurgency. These wide-ranging essays shed new light on the fraught world of Pax Americana and on the ethical and political dilemmas faced by anthropologists and military personnel alike when attempting to understand and intervene in our world."--Jacket.