The Political Mapping of Cyberspace

Jeremy Crampton

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This book is about the politics of cyberspace. It shows that cyberspace is no mere virtual reality but a rich geography of practices and power relations. Using concepts and methods derived from the work of Michel Foucault, Jeremy Crampton explores the construction of digital subjectivity, web identity and authenticity, as well as the nature and consequences of the digital divide between the connected and those abandoned in limbo. He demonstrates that it is by processes of mapping that we understand cyberspace and in doing so delineates the critical role maps play in constructing cyberspace as an object of knowledge. Maps, he argues, shape political thinking about cyberspace, and he deploys in-depth case studies of crime mapping, security and geo-surveillance to show how we map ourselves onto cyberspace, inexorably and indelibly. Clearly argued and vigorously written, this book offers a powerful reinterpretation of cyberspace, politics and contemporary life.

Book Details

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2003
Pages: 214
Language: English
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Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
EAN: 9780748614127
Categories: • Movements - Humanism• General• Internet - General

About the Author

Crampton, Jeremy: - Jeremy W. Crampton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Georgia State University. He received his PhD in 1994 from Penn State University. He is the author of numerous articles on social and technical aspects of mapping. He lives in Atlanta.

Praise for this book

A timely book-- "Journal of Spatial Science"