Civil-Military Entanglements: Anthropological Perspectives

Civil-Military Entanglements: Anthropological Perspectives

by Eyal Ben-Ari (Editor), Sorensen Birgitte Refslund (Editor)

Synopsis

Military-civilian encounters are multiple and diverse in our times. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how military and civilian domains are constituted through entanglements undermining the classic civil-military binary and manifest themselves in unexpected places and manners. Moreover, the essays trace out the ripples, reverberations and resonations of civil-military entanglements in areas not usually associated with such ties, but which are nevertheless real and significant for an understanding of the roles war, violence and the military play in shaping contemporary societies and the everyday life of its citizens.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 01 Jul 2019

ISBN 10: 1789201950
ISBN 13: 9781789201956

Media Reviews
This is an important and most welcome addition to our knowledge of how militaries work and are experienced around the world. Sorensen and Ben-Ari have done a wonderful job of putting together a volume that greatly expands our knowledge and understanding of militarization and civil-military connections around the world. Andrew Bickford, Georgetown University
Author Bio
Birgitte Refslund Sorensen is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology in Copenhagen. With her background in conflict studies and political anthropology, Sorensen has been both practitioner and researcher on issues of post-conflict reconstruction for the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and the Danish Refugee Council.Eyal Ben-Ari is Director of the Center for Society, Security and Peace at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee. His main areas of research are the sociology of the armed forces, early childhood education, and popular culture in Asia.