Overview
- Provides a refreshingly original and thoughtful approach to the intersection of digital technology and war through a reconceptualization of cyberspace
- Asks us to contemplate the way the ideas and concepts about ‘cyber’ have fundamentally shaped the way that we think about war
- Scrutinises warfare in cyberspace using Critical Discourse Analysis
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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This book critiques mainstream beliefs about cyberwarfare and forges a new path in the way of defining this largely misunderstood concept. Rather than outlining cyberspace as a new technology applied in military operations, here, Tsirigotis rallies against this technocentric account and establishes how cyberspace, first and foremost, should be categorized as a new way to understand war and military power in the Information Age. Using genre analysis and Corpus Linguistics, the author scrutinizes how cyberspace has changed the way the UK comprehends war and military power, and how the cybernetisation of war has manifested itself in Britain's approach to national defense and security.
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Book Title: Cybernetics, Warfare and Discourse
Book Subtitle: The Cybernetisation of Warfare in Britain
Authors: Anthimos Alexandros Tsirigotis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50847-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50846-7Published: 23 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84505-0Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50847-4Published: 10 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 176
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, British Politics, Political Communication, Security, International Security Studies