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In this book we propose to tackle militarization trends in Latin America which include the presence of the military organizations in some vital national economic activities, the ethics and aesthetics of the 'military' in popular forms of entertainment, the active engagement of military personnel in criminal activities, the Armed Forces intervention in electoral processes, the Armed Forces engagement in the cybersphere and cyberwarfare, their participation in civil defense operations, their emulation by militias, gangs and other armed non-state actors. We shall consider militarization on multiple scales from the individual body and subjectification processes to international politics from the everyday experiences and practices to the development of national strategies in Latin America and we shall avoid the dichotomy between a militarized moment and space and a demilitarized moment and space.
List of contents
Chapter 1: The Perpetual Military Question.- Chapter 2: Videogames, violence, and militarism in Latin America.- Chapter 3: Militarization and Subjectivation: the paramilitary logic of the Knights Templar.- Chapter 4: The State of Exception as Everyday Life: Political Remilitarization and its Impact on Citizen Security in Venezuela.- Chapter 5: Medellín: violence, conflict and urban militarization.- Chapter 6: Psychological Operations and Hybrid War in Brazil: setting parameters for a takeover of the State.- Chapter 7: The Military Biopolitics in the Brazilian Amazon.
About the author
Monica Herz is Professor of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thiago Rodrigues is Professor of International Relations at the Fluminense Federal University, Brazil.
Summary
In this book we propose to tackle militarization trends in Latin America which include the presence of the military organizations in some vital national economic activities, the ethics and aesthetics of the ‘military’ in popular forms of entertainment, the active engagement of military personnel in criminal activities, the Armed Forces intervention in electoral processes, the Armed Forces engagement in the cybersphere and cyberwarfare, their participation in civil defense operations, their emulation by militias, gangs and other armed non-state actors. We shall consider militarization on multiple scales from the individual body and subjectification processes to international politics from the everyday experiences and practices to the development of national strategies in Latin America and we shall avoid the dichotomy between a militarized moment and space and a demilitarized moment and space.
