{"product_id":"drones-and-the-annihilation-image-in-gabriel-f-caetano-9783031704345","title":"Drones and the Annihilation-Image in Contemporary Warfare: The Case of 'Eye in the Sky' in the Washington-Hollywood Entanglement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses the entanglement between Washington and Hollywood to shed light on the violence inherent in the image as a semiotic-material agent in contemporary warfare. In the 21st century, the weaponized military drone, an image-centered machine, has spearheaded the geopolitical curatorship of the USA in the context of the war on terror. Drone violence shares the same characteristics as cinema: image and movement. However, a drone's image is not purely a reflection of the nature of war; it is more than representational, it is performative. Building upon the concept of annihilation-image, this book argues that the image wields a destructive agency as it transitions from reflection to diffraction. Rather than mirroring reality, the annihilation-image creates a brutal pattern of difference in the world. It is a destructive ontology in which seeing and annihilating are in a state of superposition. Therefore, everything that is framed is potentially dead. That is to say, by framing bodies and objects in the terrain, a state of superpositional violence is created in which one is alive, but virtually dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriel F. Caetano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031704347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031704345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.27w x 0.89d","brand":"Gabriel F. Caetano","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46640795812095,"sku":"9783031704345","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e062e8c-529b-4382-97ab-bf82ca9ad33c.jpg?v=1740670540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drones-and-the-annihilation-image-in-gabriel-f-caetano-9783031704345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}