{"product_id":"aerial-life-9781405182614","title":"Aerial Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011!\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an original theory that our societies are aerial societies, or ''aerealities'', and shows how we are both enabled and threatened by aerial mobility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a series of detailed international case studies which map the history of aviation over the past century - from the promises of early flight, to World War II bombing campaigns, and to the rise of international terrorism today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the transformational capacity of air transport to shape societies, bodies and individual identities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe AAG Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e ''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.'\u003cbr\u003e —Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa  \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e —Stephen Graham, Newcastle University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAerial Life 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowering Up Aerial Geographies 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Organization of the Book 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Becoming Aerial 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Birth of the Aerial Body 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginnings 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Handsome Is as Handsome Does’: Disassembling the Aerial Body 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Flesh of the Aerial Youth 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimulation 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Projection and Performance of Airspace 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding a Political Space: Identity, Boundedness and the Sanctity of Territory 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUndoing Aerial Space: Post-nationalism and Projective Power 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Governing Aerial Life 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Aerial Views: Bodies, Borders and Biopolitics 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing the Wood for the Trees: Targeting, Administering and Managing Populations 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechniques of the Observer\/Observed 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree-Dimensional Vision 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Profiling Machines 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining the Pilot\/Passenger 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSorting 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModifying 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Aerial Aggression 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Aerial Environments 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of a Target 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystems, Circulations and Ecological Warfare 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir Conditioning 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Subjects under Siege 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWarning 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anatomy of Panic 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImaginations and Urgencies 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVigilance and the Social as Circuit 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntrainment 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Conclusion 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironments 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFutures 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAerial Turns 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 255\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407913427287,"sku":"9781405182614","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405182614.jpg?v=1730500939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aerial-life-9781405182614","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}