The Dig: Combat Trauma w/ Nadia Abu El-Haj
On Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America.
February 26, 2023
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February 26, 2023
The Dig: Combat Trauma w/ Nadia Abu El-Haj
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<p>Featuring Nadia Abu El-Haj on <em>Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America</em>. A truly remarkable book about the unseen ideological foundations of American militarism: American civilians are enjoined to venerate troops, deferring to their traumatized positionality. The first in a two-part interview.</p><br /><p>Support The Dig at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a></p><br /><p>Check out our newsletter and vast archives at <a href="http://thedigradio.com" rel="nofollow">thedigradio.com</a></p><br /><p>Buy: <em>Fighting in a World on Fire</em> by Andreas Malm <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/4138-fighting-in-a-world-on-fire" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/4138-fighting-in-a-world-on-fire</a></p><br /><p><em>The</em><em>Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right</em> by David Roediger <a href="http://haymarketbooks.org/books/1879-the-sinking-middle-class" rel="nofollow">haymarketbooks.org/books/1879-the-sinking-middle-class</a></p><p><br /></p>
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