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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Adey (Keele University, UK)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9781405182614ISBN 10: 140518261 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 14 May 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsFigures and Tables ix Series Editors’ Preface x Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 Prologue 1 Overview 6 Aerial Life 8 Powering Up Aerial Geographies 13 The Organization of the Book 21 Part One Becoming Aerial 23 2 Birth of the Aerial Body 25 Introduction 25 Beginnings 28 ‘Handsome Is as Handsome Does’: Disassembling the Aerial Body 30 The Flesh of the Aerial Youth 41 Simulation 45 Conclusion 52 3 The Projection and Performance of Airspace 54 Introduction 54 Building a Political Space: Identity, Boundedness and the Sanctity of Territory 57 Undoing Aerial Space: Post-nationalism and Projective Power 70 Conclusion 80 Part Two Governing Aerial Life 83 4 Aerial Views: Bodies, Borders and Biopolitics 85 Introduction 85 Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Targeting, Administering and Managing Populations 86 Techniques of the Observer/Observed 103 Three-Dimensional Vision 109 Conclusion 113 5 Profiling Machines 114 Introduction 114 Imagining the Pilot/Passenger 117 Sorting 124 Modifying 132 Conclusion 144 Part Three Aerial Aggression 145 6 Aerial Environments 147 Introduction 147 The Emergence of a Target 149 Systems, Circulations and Ecological Warfare 161 Air Conditioning 170 Conclusion 177 7 Subjects under Siege 179 Warning 179 Introduction 181 The Anatomy of Panic 185 Imaginations and Urgencies 189 Vigilance and the Social as Circuit 191 Entrainment 198 Conclusion 205 8 Conclusion 206 Environments 207 Futures 208 Aerial Turns 209 Notes 211 Bibliography 228 Index 255Reviews?These books could serve as a starting point from which to further develop this concept of aerial space and how it fits with or challenges other theories of space that are emerging in geography and the social sciences more broadly, such as those drawing on network and complexity theory.? (The AAG Review of Books, 1 March 2014) ''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' ?Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa ?By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.? ?Stephen Graham, Newcastle University He presents a compelling study of the processes involved in the social and psychological shaping of what he calls the aerial subject. (Times Literary Supplement, 15 October 2010) “These books could serve as a starting point from which to further develop this concept of aerial space and how it fits with or challenges other theories of space that are emerging in geography and the social sciences more broadly, such as those drawing on network and complexity theory.” (The AAG Review of Books, 1 March 2014) ''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' —Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa ‘By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.’ —Stephen Graham, Newcastle University ""He presents a compelling study of the processes involved in the social and psychological shaping of what he calls ""the aerial subject."" (Times Literary Supplement, 15 October 2010) ?These books could serve as a starting point from which to further develop this concept of aerial space and how it fits with or challenges other theories of space that are emerging in geography and the social sciences more broadly, such as those drawing on network and complexity theory.? (The AAG Review of Books, 1 March 2014) ''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' ?Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa ?By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.? ?Stephen Graham, Newcastle University He presents a compelling study of the processes involved in the social and psychological shaping of what he calls the aerial subject. (Times Literary Supplement, 15 October 2010) <p> These books could serve as a starting point from which to further develop this concept of aerial space and how it fits with or challenges other theories of space that are emerging in geography and the social sciences more broadly, such as those drawing on network and complexity theory. (The AAG Review of Books, 1 March 2014) Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa <p> By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial. Stephen Graham, Newcastle University <p> He presents a compelling study of the processes involved in the social and psychological shaping of what he calls the aerial subject. (Times Literary Supplement, 15 October 2010) Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' -Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa 'By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.' -Stephen Graham, Newcastle University Author InformationPeter Adey is Lecturer in Cultural Geography at Keele University, Staffordshire, England. His research interests include the study of mobility and cultures of aviation and security. 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