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The epistemology of lethality: bullets, knowledge trajectories, kinetic effects

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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:03 authored by Matthew Ford
The science of ammunition lethality is a field that seeks to define the point at which military ordnance takes life and produces death. By historicising lethality's epistemology, I reveal the intellectual fissures and scientific uncertainties that have been reified and embedded into contemporary conceptions of military power. This not only tells us something about the processes by which science is subordinated to war, but also offers a new lens from which to consider the way knowledge claims about battle are co-constructed and legitimated through military practices. As a result, this article places science back into a narrative that otherwise frames the ontology of war in terms of fighting.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

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European Journal of International Security

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2057-5637

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Cambridge University Press

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2019-06-13

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-07-03

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-06-12

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