Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226429946 ISBN 13: 9780226429946

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

John D. Kelly is professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, where he serves on the faculty board of the Human Rights Program. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of several books.  

Jeremy Walton is assistant professor of religion at New York University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226429946
• ISBN 13: 9780226429946
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 405
• Editor: Kelly John D., Jauregui Beatrice, Mitchell Sean T., Walton Jeremy