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Drones and the Production of Terror in Afghanistan

In his “Drone Strikes” (Anthropology News, March/April 2013) Daniel Varisco softly counsels the raging and confused American warfare machine about the futility of its bloody military operations in the lands of the Others in pursuit of its sadomasochistic “war on terror”. I partially agree with Daniel Varisco; yes, the acts of terror committed by the […]

by M. Jamil Hanifi

“Take It Easy on U.S. Imperialism”: Theocratizing the Middle East

The letter signed by “Mehdi Mohammadzadeh” (MM) in the March/April 2013 issue of Anthropology News contains a number of ethnographic, political and ethical issues which I wish to address. The letter is heavily tinted with strains of occidentosis (Farsi, gharbzadagi). MM has either misunderstood C. K. Mahmood’s comment in AN 53(9), 2012 or is interested […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

The Political Economy of Academia

Anthropology News, the newsletter of the American Anthropological Association, has issued a call for papers (the deadline has passed) for a special issue on the political economy of academia. The outline for this is very interesting: Where are current economic and cultural trends in higher learning taking us? With a changing economy, the number of […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Another Revolution Missed: Anthropology of Cyberspace

Written by Max Forte in 2002, and published in Anthropology News 43(9) December 2002. Presented here for archival purposes: Summary: Another Revolution Missed? Anthropology of Cyberspace by Maximilian C. Forte (Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink) After conducting a survey of the top 50 US anthropology departments as ranked by NRC, Forte discovered that out of a total […]