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Geopolitics is changing. The conduct of war and peace is being transformed by our increasing dependence on visual images and practices. Satellite surveillance, computer games, streaming video, retinal scanning and mobile phone cameras are just some of the technologies that are shaping contemporary geopolitics. From the horrors of 9/11 and Abu Ghraib to the mechanical, mundane functioning of airport biometrics, geopolitical truths are established through a process of visual demonstration. Visual culture has become part of the apparatus of persuasion. Observant States brings together leading international authors to explore the developing relationship between geopolitics and visual culture. The result is a definitive contribution to a globally significant, newly emergent field of enquiry.
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Fraser MacDonald is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh. Rachel Hughes is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Melbourne. Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Observant States Geopolitics and Visual Culture Edited by
Fraser MacDonald, Rachel Hughes and Klaus Dodds
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Published in 2010 by I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Selection and editorial matter copyright © 2010 Fraser MacDonald, Rachel Hughes and Klaus Dodds Individual chapters © 2010 Louise Amoore, Judith Butler, David Campbell, Sean Carter, James Der Derian, Klaus Dodds, Emily Gilbert, Stephen Graham, Rachel Hughes, K. Neil Jenkings, Timothy W. Luke, Fraser MacDonald, Derek P. McCormack, Marcus Power, Alison J. Williams, Trish Winter and Rachel Woodward The right of Fraser MacDonald, Rachel Hughes and Klaus Dodds to be identified as the editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 International Library of Historical Geography: 16 ISBN: 978 1 978 84511 5 447 (hb) 978 1 978 84511 5 454 (pb) A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available Designed and Typeset by 4word Ltd, Bristol, UK Printed and bound in India by Thomson Press India Ltd
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Contents
Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Envisioning Geopolitics Fraser MacDonald, Rachel Hughes and Klaus Dodds
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Part One
Representation
Chapter 1
Imaging Terror: Logos, Pathos and Ethos James Der Derian
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Chapter 2
Torture and the Ethics of Photography Judith Butler
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Chapter 3
‘Not to be Missed’ Weapons of Mass Destruction: Displaying the Enola Gay Timothy W. Luke
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Flying the Flag: Pan American Airways and the Projection of US Power Across the Interwar Pacific Alison J. Williams
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Chapter 4
Part Two
Performance
Chapter 5
Affectivity and Geopolitical Images Sean Carter and Derek P. McCormack
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Gameworld Geopolitics and the Genre of the Quest Rachel Hughes
Chapter 7
‘I Used to Keep a Camera in My Top Left-Hand Pocket’: