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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822162403321

Titolo

Paul Virilio : from modernism to hypermodernism and beyond / / edited by John Armitage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

0-7619-5901-7

1-283-88049-0

1-4462-6539-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

Altri autori (Persone)

ArmitageJohn <1956->

Disciplina

306.01

Soggetti

Culture - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published as v. 16, nos. 5-6 of Theory, Culture & Society".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Paul Virilio; From Modernism to Hypermodernism and Beyond; Indirect Light; Virilio and Architecture; Paul Virilio's Bunker Theorizing; Virilio, War and Technology; Virilio and New Media; Blinded by the (Speed of) Light; The Tendency, the Accident and the Untimely; Virilio, Stelarc and 'Terminal' Technoculture; The Passenger; The Conceptual Cosmology of Paul Virilio; A Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Paul Virilio' is a critical, but balanced introduction to the main themes and arguments of the French cultural theorist's work. The authors explain the context of his work which includes cyberspace and virtual reality.