Drones and the Annihilation-Image in Contemporary Warfare

The Case of 'Eye in the Sky' in the Washington-Hollywood Entanglement

AvGabriel F.Caetano

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Global Political Sociology

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Beskrivning

This book analyses the entanglement between Washington and Hollywood to shed light on the violence inherent in the image as a semiotic-material agent in contemporary warfare. Drone violence shares the same characteristics as cinema: image and movement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-10-27
Mått:148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt:508 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Political Sociology
Antal sidor:291
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031704345

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Gabriel F. Caetano holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio). He is currently an Assistant Professor of International Relations at IESB University Centre in Brasília-DF. He is an associate researcher at the Network of Peace, Conflict, and Critical Security Studies (PCECS) and a member of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). His primary research interests focus on the dynamics of war and peace, with a particular emphasis on aesthetics, visuality, and new weapons technologies.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction: How do images participate in the annihilation of humans?.- Chapter 2: Thinking and Writing (politics) Cinematically: The Cinematic mode of political theorizing.- Chapter 3: Aesthetics and International Relations: An overview of Sensible Politics.- Chapter 4: Drones: A visual, vertical, and virtual Genealogy.- Chapter 5: Washington and Hollywood: An Entanglement.- Chapter 6: Becoming-Drone: From Military Scopophilia to Annihilation-image.- Chapter 7:Drones in the Age of Excessive Autonomy: Concluding Remarks.