ZaneMaddux: Counterinsurgency, Jack Ryan & The Military Entertainment Complex (AoE Ep: 12)
In this episode of Algorithms of Empire, we speak with CG-IPTC Research Fellow Zane Maddux about his essay, “Cutting the Grass Before It Grows,” and the counterinsurgent politics embedded in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. We examine how popular culture does more than reflect political ideas—it can help normalize particular ways of seeing populations as threats.The conversation focuses on the construction of Arab men and boys through categories such as the “military-age male,” future dangerousness, and predictive threat. These categories do not remain confined to television or military discourse…
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