Field of Battle

Sergio González Rodríguez, David Lida, Joshua Neuhouser

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Semiotext (E)
30 April 2019

EU & European institutions

Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series

The emergence of a geopolitical war scenario, establishing a form of global governance that utilizes methods of surveillance and control.

In times of war the law is silent. -from Field of Battle

Field of Battle presents the world today as nothing less than a war in progress, with Mexico an illustrative microcosm of the developing geopolitical scenario- a battlefield in which violence, drug trafficking, and organized crime-as well as the alegal state that works alongside all of this in the guise of fighting against it-hold sway. The rule of law has been replaced by the dominance of alegality and the rise of the ""a-state.""

This war scenario is establishing a form of global governance that utilizes methods of surveillance and control developed by the United States government and enforced through its global network of military bases and the multinational corporations that work in synergy with its espionage agencies. Geopolitics take advantage of social instability, drug cartels, state repression, and paramilitarism to establish the foundations of a world order.

Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez argues that this surveillance and control model has been imposed on the international community through extreme neoliberal ideology, free markets, the globalized economy, and the rise of the information society. The threats are clear. Nation-states are increasingly unable to respond to societal needs, and the individual has been displaced by money and technique-the axis of the transhumanist future foretold by today's electronic devices. The human being as the prosthesis of an artificial world and as an object of networks and systems- citizens are the victims of a perverse vision of reality, caught between the defense of their rights and their will to insurrection.

By: Sergio González Rodríguez
Introduction by: David Lida
Translated by: Joshua Neuhouser
Imprint: Semiotext (E)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 114mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9781635900880
ISBN 10: 1635900883
Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez (1950-2017), was a writer, journalist, and critic for the Mexico City newspaper Reforma. His works include The Iguala 43 and The Femicide Machine (both published by Semiotext(e)).

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Field of Battle

Sergio González Rodríguez, David Lida, Joshua Neuhouser

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