The posthuman way of war

dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NCen
dc.contributor.authorCudworth, E.
dc.contributor.authorHobden, S.
dc.date.acceptance2015-10-05
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-10T08:10:00Z
dc.date.available2020-06-10T08:10:00Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-05
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractRecent interventions from a ‘posthumanist’ or ‘new materialist’ perspective have highlighted the embedded character of human systems within a ‘panarchy’ of human and non-human systems. This article brings attention to a very particular element of materiality, one with a profound significance for issues of security – relations between human and non-human animals in instances of conflict. It is an indication of the deeply human-centred character of both international relations and security studies that almost none of the central texts mention the very significant roles that non-human animals have in the conduct of war. We argue that the character of war would have been radically different but for the forced participation by an enormous range of non-human animals. Even though, with the improvements in transportation over the last century, non-human animals are less evident in the context of the movement of people and equipment, they still play a significant number of roles in the contemporary war-machines of wealthy countries. Drawing on literature from critical animal studies, sociology and memoirs, this article discusses the enormous variety of roles that non-human animals have played in the conduct of war, and examines the character of human–non-human animal relations in times of war.en
dc.exception.reasonArticle available on previous institutional respository within REF guidelines.en
dc.exception.ref2021codes254aen
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationCudworth, E. and Hobden, S. 2015. The posthuman way of war. Security Dialogue, 46 (6), pp. 513-529.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0967010615596499
dc.identifier.issn0967-0106
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8546w
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/19755
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justiceen
dc.subjectAnthropocentrismen
dc.subjectcritical animal studiesen
dc.subjectinter-species relationsen
dc.subjectposthumanismen
dc.subjectwaren
dc.titleThe posthuman way of waren
dc.typeArticleen

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