Sociology & Empire: The Imperial Entanglements of a Discipline

by George Steinmetz

Book Overview

The revelation that the U.S. Department of Defense had hired anthropologists for its Human Terrain System project--assisting its operations in Afghanistan and Iraq--caused an uproar that has obscured the participation of sociologists in similar Pentagon-funded projects. As the contributors to Sociology and Empire show, such affiliations are not new. Sociologists have been active as advisers, theorists, and analysts of Western imperialism for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822352796
• ISBN13: 9780822352792
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"