La guerra de drones: caza, fantasía y el arte de asesinar

• Zulaika, Joseba ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Nevada
• Localización: Disparidades. Revista de Antropología, ISSN-e 2659-6881, Vol. 77, Nº. 1 (enero-junio), 2022
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.3989/dra.2022.003
• Títulos paralelos:
  • War of drones: hunting, fantasy and the art of assassination
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  • español

    El artículo examina la guerra de drones como una forma de caza llevada a cabo por vía satélite desde la base militar aérea de Creech cerca de Las Vegas. El evento revelador inicial es el trauma que sufren los pilotos de drones debido a la intimidad visual con la que contemplan las consecuencias fatídicas de sus acciones. Se analiza el papel de la fantasía en el comportamiento de caza de los pilotos y en la retroalimentación mutua entre terrorismo y contraterrorismo. Se describe cómo funciona «el arte de matar” (De Quincey) en la guerra de drones a base de narrativa, eufemismos y video juegos. El artículo tiene en cuenta el papel trágico de Obama en la proliferación y normalización de los drones armados, así como la situación actual bajo la presidencia de Biden.

  • English

    The article deals with drone warfare as man-hunting carried out via satellite from Creech AFB near Las Vegas. The book examines the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded. Its initial revelatory event is the trauma endured by drone operators when, due to their visual intimacy with the victims, the fantasy of the beast-like enemy collapses. It shows how counterterrorism, through euphemism, narrative, and video game imagery, has turned drone assassination and button-pushing murder into a form of art. Finally, the article dwells on the tragic error of a president unable to resist the deceptions of the counterterror state and considers as well the current status of drone warfare under President Biden.

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