Under the Drones

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-674-06561-1
Verlag: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

In the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and to analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives. Understanding the complexity of life along the 1,600-mile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan can help America and its European allies realign their priorities in the region to address genuine problems, rather than fabricated ones. This volume explodes Western misunderstandings by revealing a land that abounds with human agency, perpetual innovation, and vibrant complexity. Through the work of historians and social scientists, the thirteen essays here explore the real and imagined presence of the Taliban; the animated sociopolitical identities expressed through traditions like Pakistani truck decoration; Sufism’s ambivalent position as an alternative to militancy; the long and contradictory history of Afghan media; and the simultaneous brutality and potential that heroin brings to women in the area. Moving past shifting conceptions of security, the authors expose the West’s prevailing perspective on the region as strategic, targeted, and alarmingly dehumanizing. Under the Drones is an essential antidote to contemporary media coverage and military concerns.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bashir, Shahzad

Crews, Robert D.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tarzi, Amin

Dorronsoro, Gilles

Haroon, Sana

Caron, James

Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud

Ruttig, Thomas

Rzehak, Lutz

Devji, Faisal

Andrabi, Tahir

Das, Jishnu

Khwaja, Asim Ijaz

Shaikh, Farzana

Elias, Jamal J.

Nawa, Fariba

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen

Über Autor(innen)

Bashir, Shahzad
Shahzad Bashir is Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University.

Crews, Robert D.
Robert D. Crews is Associate Professor of History at Stanford University.

Elias, Jamal J.
Jamal J. Elias is Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tarzi, Amin
Amin Tarzi is the Director of Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University.

Devji, Faisal
Faisal Devji is Reader in Indian History and Fellow of St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford.