Dangerous liaisons : anthropologists and the national security state / edited by Laura A. McNamara and Robert A. Rubinstein.

Other author McNamara, Laura A.
Other author Rubinstein, Robert A., 1951-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSanta Fe, N.M. : School for Advanced Research Press, 2011.
Descriptionxxxiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSchool for Advanced Research advanced seminar series
School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series. ^A793576
Contents 1. The Subcontractor: Counterinsurgency, Militias, and the New Common Ground in Social and Military Science / Danny Hoffman -- 2. "Torture Is for the Incompetent": Toward the Ethnography of Interrogation / Laura A. McNamara -- 3. Counterinsurgency, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Political Uses of Militarized Anthropology / David Price -- 4. Should Anthropologists Provide Their Knowledge to the Military? An Ethical Discourse Taking Germany as an Example / Maren Tomforde -- 5. Plowing the Human Terrain: Toward Global Ethnographic Surveillance / R. Brian Ferguson -- 6. Military Ethnography and Embedded Journalism: Parallels and Intersections / Anne Irwin -- 7. Ethics, Engagement, and Experience: Anthropological Excursions in Culture and the National Security State / Robert A. Rubinstein -- 8. Anthropology, Research, and State Violence: Some Observations from an Israeli Anthropologist / Eyal Ben-Ari -- 9. Anthropology, War, and Peace: Hobbesian Beliefs within Science, Scholarship, and Society / Douglas P. Fry.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011002801
ISBN9781934691496 (alk. paper)
ISBN1934691496 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN492 .D36 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold