{"product_id":"on-posthuman-war-mike-hill-9780816660902","title":"On Posthuman War: Computation and Military Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing war's expansion beyond the battlefield to the concept of the human being itself\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs military and other forms of political violence become the planetary norm, \u003ci\u003eOn Posthuman War\u003c\/i\u003e traces the expansion of war beyond traditional theaters of battle. Drawing on counterinsurgency field manuals, tactical manifestos, data-driven military theory, and asymmetrical-war archives, Mike Hill delineates new \"Areas of Operation\" within a concept of the human being as not only a social and biological entity but also a technical one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelving into three human-focused disciplines newly turned against humanity, \u003ci\u003eOn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePosthuman War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how demography, anthropology, and neuroscience have intertwined since 9\/11 amid the \"Revolution in Military Affairs.\" Beginning with the author's personal experience training with U.S. Marine recruits at Parris Island, Hill gleans insights from realist philosophy, the new materialism, and computational theory to show how the human being, per se, has been reconstituted from neutral citizen to unwitting combatant. As evident in the call for \"bullets, beans, and data,\" whatever can be parted out, counted, and reassembled can become war materiel. Hill shows how visible and invisible wars within identity, community, and cognition shift public-sphere activities, like racial identification, group organization, and even thought itself, in the direction of war. This shift has weaponized social activities against the very notion of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Posthuman War\u003c\/i\u003e delivers insights on the latest war technologies, strategies, and tactics while engaging in questions poised to overturn the foundations of modern political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816660905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816660902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Mike Hill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981871939839,"sku":"9780816660902","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cace3ed7-32a7-452e-8668-a0968c8f1f05.jpg?v=1683258000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-posthuman-war-mike-hill-9780816660902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}