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This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals.Brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to societyPresents an original theory that our societies are aerial societies, or 'aerealities', and shows how we are both enabled and threatened by aerial mobilityFeatures 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 todayDemonstrates the transformational capacity of air transport to shape societies, bodies and individual identitiesOffers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane are considered in the modern era
Our lives are supported and carried by the aeroplane, and yet at the same time, they are haunted and threatened by it. This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies, individuals, and the status of human life itself. Author Peter Adey reveals the complex politics of this 'aereality', positioning it at the critical apex of political, cultural, and social relations. Through a series of detailed international case studies, Adey traces the history of aviation over the past century, showing how the early promises of flight, symbolized and performed in the spectacular airshows at Hendon and Rheims, evolved into the devastating bombing campaigns of World War II and the rise of international terrorism. Along the way, we are shown how aerial mobilities may transform societies and subjects, shape individual rights and identities, and alter the very workings of the human body. Soaring beyond the concept of air travel as a metaphorical tool, Aerial Life offers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane are considered in the modern era.
Our lives are supported and carried by the aeroplane, and yet at the same time, they are haunted and threatened by it. This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies, individuals, and the status of human life itself. Author Peter Adey reveals the complex politics of this 'aereality', positioning it at the critical apex of political, cultural, and social relations. Through a series of detailed international case studies, Adey traces the history of aviation over the past century, showing how the early promises of flight, symbolized and performed in the spectacular airshows at Hendon and Rheims, evolved into the devastating bombing campaigns of World War II and the rise of international terrorism. Along the way, we are shown how aerial mobilities may transform societies and subjects, shape individual rights and identities, and alter the very workings of the human body. Soaring beyond the concept of air travel as a metaphorical tool, Aerial Life offers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane are considered in the modern era.
"These books could serve as a starting point from which tofurther develop this concept of aerial space and how it fits withor challenges other theories of space that are emerging ingeography and the social sciences more broadly, such as thosedrawing on network and complexity theory." (The AAGReview of Books, 1 March 2014)''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in humangeography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set oftheoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style,with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes foran incredibly rich book.'
--Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa
'By extending critical human geography to the complexverticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally importantriposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in thesocial sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force.Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this isthe book which can guide us as we address the geographies of theaerial.'
--Stephen Graham, Newcastle University
"He presents a compelling study of the processes involved in thesocial and psychological shaping of what he calls "the aerialsubject." (Times Literary Supplement, 15 October 2010)
--Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa
'By extending critical human geography to the complexverticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally importantriposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in thesocial sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force.Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this isthe book which can guide us as we address the geographies of theaerial.'
--Stephen Graham, Newcastle University
"He presents a compelling study of the processes involved in thesocial and psychological shaping of what he calls "the aerialsubject." (Times Literary Supplement, 15 October 2010)