The Global Spatial Revolution: Space, Power, Communication in the Air Age

Vegetti identifies aerial spatiality as the start of a true spatial revolution redefining power, sovereignty, and global relations.

Developing Carl Schmitt’s reflection on the power of the elements, Vegetti identifies in the advent of aerial spatiality the onset of a true spatial revolution, which through aviation, electromagnetic waves, satellite telecommunication systems, space travel and internet has shaped our global world and its great spatial issues. The author studies the effects attrib...