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Cultural Writing. Political Science. MARCHING PLAGUE examines the scientific evidence and the rhetoric surrounding biological warfare, particularly the development of anthrax and other bio-weapons, and makes a strong case against the likelihood of such weapons ever being used in a terrorist situation. Studying the history and science of such weapons, they conclude that for reasons of accuracy and potency, biological weapons lack the efficiency required to produce the widespread devastation typically associated with bioterrorism. Why the public urgency around biowarfare, then, and why the channeling of enormous resources into research and development of tools to counter an imaginary threat? This is the real focus of MARCHING PLAGUE: the deconstruction of an exceedingly complex political economy of fear, primarily supporting biowartech development and the militarization of the public sphere.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Central government

• Full title: Marching Plague
• Subtitle: Germ Warfare and Global Public Health
• Author: Critical Art Ensemble
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152
• EAN: 9781570271786
• ID: 04817866
• Publisher: Autonomedia
• Weight: 124 g
• Dimensions: 177 × 125 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. January 2006

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