The Paul Virilio reader / edited by Steve Redhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redhead, Steve, Author.

Contributor:

Redhead, Steve, 1952- editor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--20th century--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English and French.

Summary:

A critic of the art of technology, Paul Virilio has taught us that much media image is a strategy of war and that accident is becoming indistinguishable from attack. In these times of fierce conflict over which kind of capitalism is to take over the shrinking globe, and indeed which modernities we will live in during the twenty-first century, Paul Virilio is a significant contemporary theorist. But Virilio's work, originally published in French and stretching back to the 1950s, has until now been very difficult to access in full in English translation, available as it is in expensive little books or obscure catalogues and journals. The Paul Virilio Reader collects together for the first time readable extracts of Virilio's work from the entire range of his career. It is prefaced by an editorial introduction showing that Virilio has produced important - if controversial - 'theory at the speed of light' that can uncannily illuminate the impact of new information and communications technologies in a world which collapses time and distance as never before.FeaturesExtracts have been carefully selected to reflect the whole of Virilio's diverse careerA chronological ordering illustrates the development, and interconnectedness, of Virilio's workEach extract is prefaced by a bibliographical and contextual commentary, and the book is completed by an innovative guide to reading Virilio.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Editorial Introduction: Theory at the Speed of Light by Steve Redhead

1. Bunker Archaeology

2. Cryptic Architecture

3. Architecture Principe

4. The End of the Proletariat

5. Pure Power

6. The Aesthetics of Disappearance

7. The Overexposed City

8. The Imposture of Immediacy

9. The Last Vehicle

10. Candid Camera

11. Environment Control

12. Desert Screen

13. The Data Coup d'Etat

14. From Sexual Perversion to Sexual Diversion

15. Delirious New York

16. The Information Bomb

17. Strategy of Deception

18. Silence on Trial

19. Ground Zero

20. The Museum of Accidents

Paul Virilio: A Directory by Steve Redhead

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7188-9