| Negative Horizon: An Essay in Dromoscopy Contributor(s): Virilio, Paul (Author), Degener, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1847063063 ISBN-13: 9781847063069 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: This book covers the key themes in Virilio's work: speed; society; virtuality; new technology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Essays - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Philosophy | Social |
| Dewey: 909.82 |
| Series: Continuum Impacts |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.12" W x 7.81" (0.56 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Negative Horizon is Paul Virilio's most original and unified exploration of the key themes and ideas running through his philosophy. Provocative and forceful, it sets out Virilio's theory of dromoscopy: a means of apprehending speed and its pivotal - and potentially destructive - role in contemporary global society. Applying this theory to Western political and military history, Virilio exposes a compulsion to accelerate, and the rise of a politics of time over territorial politics of space. In exposing what he believes to be the consequences of this constant acceleration for human sensory perception and, ultimately, global democracy, Virilio offers a vision of history and politics as disturbing as it is original. |
Contributor Bio(s): Virilio, Paul: - Paul Virilio is one of our foremost cultural critics. Architect, urban planner and former director of the École Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, he has written widely on film, architecture, war and technology. |