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OverviewThe relationship between anthropologists and the United States military has commanded a lot of attention, especially in regard to the controversial Human Terrains System (HTS) that embeds anthropologists in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Conversations at professional meetings, in the pages of disciplinary journals and in books have been heated and frequently harshly polemical with some participants branding military anthropologists as war criminals. In this book, a number of anthropologists who have either worked with the US armed forces or who teach at military service academies reflect on what they do and teach in their military anthropologist personae. Through their personal accounts they show that the practice of military anthropology is much more than HTS and that they are more than mere “technicians of the state” as critics allege. Revealed here are thoughtful and moving essays that deal with issues of ethics, morality and professional decorum. Whether one agrees with these accounts or not, they do show that the linkage of anthropology with the military is complex and multi-faceted and that frank and open exchanges of ideas for dealing with the relationship of military anthropology to the wider discipline. Essential reading for those considering anthropology as a career, those concerned about the relationship of the academy to the military and for those seeking to fathom transformations in our lives following 9/11 and the ongoing “war against terror.” Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Rubinstein , Kerry Fosher , Clementine FujimuraPublisher: Kumarian Press Imprint: Kumarian Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781565495494ISBN 10: 1565495497 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 30 November 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsSeven anthropologists, seven different sets of experiences with the military. No two alike. Each illuminating. This is what anthropology should be all about. The military has been a part of human societies and cultures for millennia, yet few social scientists have dared approach the topic professionally. This new book is an answer to the dearth of studies on the military, but more importantly, this well-conceived, courageous, and highly readable, edited volume brings together a set of experienced, professional anthropologists working inside and outside the military who demystify the what it is like to work for the military and to work with the military. This book should be essential reading for both practicing and academic anthropologists and their students who want to understand the roles and motivations of military practicing anthropologists, as well as for use in courses in the anthropology of peace, anthropological theory, ethics and applied anthropology. The seven autobiographical essays in this book go well beyond scholarly discussion of the fraught relationship between anthropology and the military. Instead, the editors have assembled a rich and compelling set of narratives that illustrate the challenges of putting one s anthropological training into practical use, in ways that will resonate with anthropologists within and outside of academia. In doing so, this volume helps de-exoticise the professional culture of the military and other national security institutions, while simultaneously illuminating the complex disciplinary history and professional identity that attends a career in anthropology. This collection of seven essays surveys issues, habits, and other topics of interest among several military anthropologists who either practice or teach anthropology in the military. They were all participants in a 2008 symposium Anthropology and the Military. The collection rises as a defense against accusations in the anthropological community of complicity with imperialism and advocates for anthropologists in the military. The essays do this by offering first-hand, ethnographic accounts of working in the military. They explore day-to-day issues and the importance of cultural experts in the military. These deeply personal, and often profoundly moving ethnographical studies detail the lives and work of several anthropologists, routinely engaged in their profession. Their efforts encompass the study of ancient indigenous cultures and repatriation of Native American burial remains on federal land, teaching a wide range of intellectually-challenging courses to diverse students in a variety of university classroom settings, conducting highly-specialized field research in foreign locales, and providing valuable support to international humanitarian aid, peace-keeping, and development projects abroad. Professor Rubinstein s shocking revelations of brutal and cruel professional malfeasance committed by leading scholars against other contributors to this volume lays bare a shameful and deeply rooted pathology within the disciplinary culture that poses a grave threat to the collective integrity and, indeed, to the very future of anthropology itself. Seven anthropologists, seven different sets of experiences with the military. No two alike. Each illuminating. This is what anthropology should be all about. Author InformationRobert A. Rubinstein is professor of anthropology and international relations at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, where from 1994-2005 he directed the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts. He earned his Ph.D. in anthropology from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and his Ms.P.H. from the University of Illinois School of Public Health. His research focuses on cultural aspects of dispute settlement, international health, and the anthropological study of peacekeeping. He is a founding member and current Co-Chair of the Commission on Peace and Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. He has published more than 85 journal articles and book chapters and is author or editor of 7 books, most recently Peacekeeping Under Fire: Culture and Intervention. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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