- Title
- Killing in a posthuman world: the philosophy and practice of critical military history
- Creator
- Bourke, Joanna
- Relation
- The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts p. 34-41
- Relation
- www.bloomsbury.com/au/the-subject-of-rosi-braidotti-9781472573360/
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- In Rosi Braidotti's The Posthuman (2013), she writes that "the advocates of advanced capitalism seem to be faster in grasping the creative potential of the posthuman than some of the well-meaning and progressive neo-humanism opponents of the system." When looking at the new militaries of the twenty-first century, her observation points to a very real crisis in critical feminist thinking and practice. New military technologies have already dislodged the centrality of the human in the process of waging war. Drones, robotics, chemical alteration of brain states, and sophisticated psychological manipulation are now at the heart of modern warfare. At a time when thanatopolitical biopolitical practices are dominating military research and practice, scholars need to follow Braidotti's nomadic journey toward a critical posthumanism.
- Subject
- posthuman; posthumanism; RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs); war; militarism; military-entertainment complex; drones; robotic weapons; humanitarian law; terrorism; psychopharmacology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1356337
- Identifier
- uon:31674
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781472573353
- Language
- eng
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