| Paul Virilio: From Modernism to Hypermodernism and Beyond Contributor(s): Armitage, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761959025 ISBN-13: 9780761959021 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $78.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Paul Virilio is one of the most significant and stimulating French cultural theorists writing today. Increasingly hailed as the 'archaeologist of the future', Virilio is noted for his proclamation that the logic of ever increasing acceleration lies at the heart of the organization and transformation of the contemporary world. The first book to afford a properly critical evaluation of Virilio's cultural theory, it includes an interview with Virilio; a recently translated example of his work; and a select bibliography of his writings. The commissioned contributions by leading cultural and social theorists examine Virilio's work from his early speculations on military and urban space to his current writings on dromology, politics, new communications technologies, disappearance, and the fallout from the information bomb'. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.01 |
| LCCN: 2001269856 |
| Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.28" W x 9.28" (0.86 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paul Virilio is one of the most significant and stimulating French cultural theorists writing today. Increasingly hailed as the ′archaeologist of the future′, Virilio is noted for his proclamation that the logic of ever increasing acceleration lies at the heart of the organization and transformation of the contemporary world. The first book to afford a properly critical evaluation of Virilio′s cultural theory, it includes an interview with Virilio; a recently translated example of his work; and a select bibliography of his writings. The commissioned contributions by leading cultural and social theorists examine Virilio′s work from his early speculations on military and urban space to his current writings on dromology, politics, ne |
Contributor Bio(s): Armitage, John: - John Armitage is Principal Lecturer in politics and media studies at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne. |
