A theory of the drone / Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd.

Show other versions (1)

In a unique take on a subject that has grabbed headlines and is consuming billions of taxpayer dollars each year, philosopher Grégoire Chamayou applies the lens of philosophy to our understanding of how drones are changing our world. For the first time in history, a state has claimed the right to wa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chamayou, Grégoire (Author)
Other Authors: Lloyd, Janet, 1934- (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Language and/or Writing System:
Translated from the French.
Published: New York ; London : The New Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Military ethics.
Drone aircraft > Moral and ethical aspects.
Physical Description:292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00005366481
003 OCoLC
005 20220616102540.0
008 140829s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2014033225 
019 |a sky269513551 
020 |z 9781595589767 (e-book) 
020 |a 9781595589750 
020 |a 1595589759 
035 |a (CaEvSKY)sky263481914 
035 |a (OCoLC)890011437 
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |e rda  |c DLC  |d YDX  |d YDXCP  |d BTCTA  |d BDX  |d OCLCO  |d SKYRV  |d UtOrBLW 
041 1 |a eng  |h fre 
042 |a pcc 
049 |a EEMR 
050 0 0 |a UG479  |b .C53 2015 
082 0 0 |a 172/.42  |2 23 
100 1 |a Chamayou, Grégoire,  |e author.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008111587 
245 1 2 |a A theory of the drone /  |c Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd. 
264 1 |a New York ;  |a London :  |b The New Press,  |c 2015. 
300 |a 292 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 22 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Techniques and tactics -- Methodologies for a hostile environment -- The genealogy of the predator -- The theoretical principles of manhunting -- Surveillance and annihilation -- Pattern-of-life analysis -- Kill box -- Counterinsurgency from the air -- Vulnerabilities -- Ethos and psyche -- Drones and kamikazes -- "That others may die" -- A crisis in military ethos -- Psychopathologies of the drone -- Killing from a distance -- Necroethics -- Combatant immunity -- A humanitarian weapon -- Precision -- The principles of the philosophy of the right to kill -- Indelicate murderers -- Warfare without combat -- License to kill -- Political bodies -- In war as in peace -- Democratic militarism -- The essence of combatants -- The fabrication of political automata -- Epilogue: on war, from a distance. 
520 |a In a unique take on a subject that has grabbed headlines and is consuming billions of taxpayer dollars each year, philosopher Grégoire Chamayou applies the lens of philosophy to our understanding of how drones are changing our world. For the first time in history, a state has claimed the right to wage war across a mobile battlefield that potentially spans the globe. Remote-control flying weapons, he argues, take us well beyond even George W. Bush's justification for the war on terror. 
546 |a Translated from the French. 
650 0 |a Military ethics.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085197.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085197 
650 0 |a Drone aircraft  |x Moral and ethical aspects.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039623. 
700 1 |a Lloyd, Janet,  |d 1934-  |e translator.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012125606.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012125606 
730 0 2 |a Théorie du drone.  |l English. 
907 |y .b107324842  |b 210208  |c 150220 
998 |a mn  |b 150519  |c m  |d a   |e -  |f eng  |g nyu  |h 2  |i 3 
999 f f |i 25a5a2f4-ed3a-5dfb-af87-7e440c96185b  |s cc7f2fa0-7b01-591e-9e29-c844282cd747  |t 0 
952 f f |p Can Circulate  |a Michigan State University-Library of Michigan  |b Michigan State University  |c MSU Main Library  |d MSU Main Library  |t 0  |e UG479 .C53 2015  |h Library of Congress classification  |i Printed Material  |m 31293034682306  |n 1