War and Algorithm

Max Liljefors; Daniel Steuer; Gregor Noll

doi:10.5771/9781786613660

Summary

New military technologies are animated by fantasies of perfect knowledge, lawfulness, and vision that contrast sharply with the very real limits of human understanding, law, and vision. Thus, various kinds of violent acts are proliferating while their precise nature remains unclear. Especially man–machine ensembles, guided by algorithms, are operating in ways that challenge conceptual understanding.

War and Algorithm looks at the increasing power of algorithms in these emerging forms of warfare from the perspectives of critical theory, philosophy, legal studies, and visual studies. The contributions in this volume grapple with the challenges posed by algorithmic warfare and trace the roots of new forms of war in the technological practices and forms of representation of the digital age. Together, these contributions provide a first step toward understanding—and resisting—our emerging world of war.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-78661-365-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-78661-366-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 232
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. List of Illustrations No access
1 Introduction: Our Emerging World of War No access Pages 1 - 8
2 Prolegomena to Any Future Attempt at Understanding Our Emerging World of War No access Pages 9 - 52
3 Anthropokenosis and the Emerging World of War No access Pages 53 - 74
4 War by Algorithm: The End of Law? No access Pages 75 - 104
5 Law’s Ends: On Algorithmic Warfare and Humanitarian Violence No access Pages 105 - 126
6 Omnivoyance and Blindness No access Pages 127 - 164
7 Of the Pointless View: From the Ecotechnology to the Echotheology of Omnivoyant War No access Pages 165 - 190
8 Visions No access Pages 191 - 204
Bibliography No access Pages 205 - 222
Index No access Pages 223 - 230
About the Authors No access Pages 231 - 232