Dangerous liaisons : anthropologists and the national security state
Texte imprimé
- Auteurs : McNamara Laura A. ; Rubinstein Robert A. (1951-....) ;
- Editeurs : Santa Fe, N.M. School for Advanced Research Press ;
- Date d'édition : 2011, cop. 2011
- ISBN : 978-1-934691-49-6, 1-934691-49-6
- Sujets : Anthropologie politique -- Études comparatives, Sécurité nationale
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxxiv-257 p.), : Tabl., graph., couv. ill. en coul., 23 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 203-245. Index
Résumé
Dangerous Liaisons is a book about intersections. It is a product of two year's worth of discussion among a group of ethnographers from four different countries studying war, violence, the military, and the state. Throughout the first decade of the twenty-first century, anthropologists have watched with both interest and concern as government agencies--particularly those with military and intelligence functions--have sought their professional assistance in understanding terrorists' motivations, stabilizing nascent wartime governments, and countering insurgencies