Anthropology Goes to War: Professional Ethics and Counterinsurgency in Thailand

Features

• Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 320 pages
• Published by: Center for Southeast Asian Studies 1
• Edition: 1st Edition June 1, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1881261034
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1881261032
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Review
"At a time when the ethics of ethnography are again in question, Eric Wakin's richly documented account of an earlier moment when the politics of anthropology was under scrutiny is particularly salient."-Ann Stoler, New School for Social Research"

Product Review
“At a time when the ethics of ethnography are again in question, Eric Wakin’s richly documented account of an earlier moment when the politics of anthropology was under scrutiny is particularly salient. . . . This book is must reading for students of Southeast Asian societies, for an older generation of anthropologists who think they know the story, and for a new generation that hasn’t heard it. It also addresses a wider audience of intellectuals concerned with the relationship between academic knowledge and political power.”—Ann Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies, The New School for Social Research

“Conveys both a great deal of information and clear judgment that can serve as a welcome starting point for revisiting the Thailand controversy.”—Andrew Turton, The Journal of Asian Studies

“Wakin's resurrection of this conflict reminds us of the ethical issues involved in undertaking contract work for the government. . . . Anthropology Goes to War raises the essential questions, provides plenty of material for debate, and would be a useful addition to classes dealing with field work and professional ethics.”—W. Randall Ireson, American Ethnologist