ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Iatrogenesis, Rand Corporation, Margaret Mead
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Anthropology and counterinsurgency: the strange story of their. Probably had something to do with their opposing viewpoints: what were the military connections of the following anthropologists, carleton coon. American anthropologist immersed in all four units of anthro. Worked mainly in north africa (morocco, nigeria, etc. ) By the time of ww2 he was leading teams of insurgents ; bombing. Recruited by office of war information to organize resistance in southeast: cora du bois. Son of william bateson; prestigious scientific family. Rescue missions in enemy territory; producing anti-japanese black propaganda; taking down japanese racist propaganda. Involved in mk ultra experiments; psychological mind-control: used lsd to fracture personalities and reconstitute them, got allen ginsberg hooked. Hired by us military to write a book about us military culture: and keep your powder dry, margaret mead, ruth benedict. Patterns of culture; wrote that book; anthropological and pop culture hit.
