The politics of lists : bureaucracy and genocide under the Khmer Rouge / James A. Tyner.

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Tyner, James A, 1966- [Author]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781946684424

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LOC classification:

DS554 .P655 2018

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Contents:

A tale of two lists -- Into the darkness -- Mortal accountings.

Subject: "The Politics of Lists analyzes thousands of newly available Cambodian documents both as sources of information and as objects worthy of study in and of themselves. How, Tyner asks, is recordkeeping implicated in the creation of political authority? What is the relationship between violence and bureaucracy? How can documents, as an anonymous technology capable of conveying great force, be understood in relation to newer technologies like drones? What does data create and what does it destroy? Through a theoretically informed, empirically grounded study of the Khmer Rouge security apparatus, Tyner shows that lists and telegrams have often proved as deadly as bullet and bombs"--

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Emerging from the Shadows; 2. A Tale of Two Lists; 3. Into the Darkness; 4. Mortal Accountings; 5. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Emerging from the shadows -- A tale of two lists -- Into the darkness -- Mortal accountings.

"The Politics of Lists analyzes thousands of newly available Cambodian documents both as sources of information and as objects worthy of study in and of themselves. How, Tyner asks, is recordkeeping implicated in the creation of political authority? What is the relationship between violence and bureaucracy? How can documents, as an anonymous technology capable of conveying great force, be understood in relation to newer technologies like drones? What does data create and what does it destroy? Through a theoretically informed, empirically grounded study of the Khmer Rouge security apparatus, Tyner shows that lists and telegrams have often proved as deadly as bullet and bombs"--

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