Virtual war and magical death
Subtitle: technologies and imaginaries for terror and killing
By: Neil L. Whitehead and Sverker Finnström, eds
Series: The cultures and practice of violence series; Cultures and practice of violence series
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780822354352; 9780822354475
Subjects: Anthropological aspects; War and society; War and civilization; Technological innovations; Technology; War
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: Virtual war and magical death : technologies and imaginaries for terror and killing / Neil L. Whitehead and Sverker Finnström; title: Ethnography, knowledge, torture and silence / Neil L. Whitehead; title: The role of culture in wars waged by robots : connecting drones, anthropology, and human terrain system's prehistory / David Price; title: Cybernetic crystal ball : "forecasting" insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan / Roberto J. González; title: Full spectrum : the military invasion of anthropology / R. Brian Ferguson; title: Today he is no more : magic, intervention, and global war in Uganda / Sverker Finnström; title: The hostile gaze : night vision and the immediation of nocturnal combat in Vietnam and Iraq / Antonius C.G.M. Robben; title: Virtual soldiers, cognitive laborers / Robertson Allen; title: Virtual war in the tribal zone : airstrikes, drones and losing hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Jeffrey A. Sluka; title: Propaganda, gangs and social cleansing in Guatemala / Victoria Sanford; title: The soundtrack to war / Matthew Sumera; title: War at large : miner magic and the carrion system / Koen Stroeken.