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Hugh Gusterson on U.S. war culture, the destruction of Iraq and the psychology of weapons designers
Very interesting interview (audio only, no transcript).
The interview was before Obama picked Hugh Gustersen's wife to head the NRC (Allison Macfarlane).
http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=5807
Hugh Gusterson on U.S. war culture, the destruction of Iraq and the psychology of weapons designers
In this fascinating conversation, respected anthropologist, author and lecturer Professor Hugh Gusterson from George Mason University delves into the psychology of nuclear weapons scientists, and the culture of war. Prof. Gusterson has studied those who design nuclear weapons and those who fight to abolish them in field research conducted in the U.S. and Russia. Read five articles by Prof. Gusterson for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: An education in occupation (which Dr. Caldicott mentions on the program), The new abolitionists, Weapons labs and the inconvenient truth, The lessons of Fukushima, and The costs of war. Listen to Dr. Caldicott’s earlier conversation with Prof. Gusterson.
This entry was posted on Friday, May 4th, 2012
Hugh Gusterson on U.S. war culture, the destruction of Iraq and the psychology of weapons designers
In this fascinating conversation, respected anthropologist, author and lecturer Professor Hugh Gusterson from George Mason University delves into the psychology of nuclear weapons scientists, and the culture of war. Prof. Gusterson has studied those who design nuclear weapons and those who fight to abolish them in field research conducted in the U.S. and Russia. Read five articles by Prof. Gusterson for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: An education in occupation (which Dr. Caldicott mentions on the program), The new abolitionists, Weapons labs and the inconvenient truth, The lessons of Fukushima, and The costs of war. Listen to Dr. Caldicott’s earlier conversation with Prof. Gusterson.
This entry was posted on Friday, May 4th, 2012