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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
The Conceptual Cosmology of Paul Virilio
The Conceptual Cosmology of Paul Virilio
PAUL VIRILIO, like the truth, is out there. From his 1976 exhibition on bunker archeology to his recent millennial project on the integral accident, Virilio's relentless inquiry into the interdependent relationships of speed and politics, technology and ecology, and war arid cinema has left many a reader breathless, ...
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