paul virilio

A suggestive analysis of military 'ways of seeing'. It reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare a

Paul Virilio identifies the Gulf War as a turning point in history, the last industrial and the first information war. Virilio then goes on to argue t

Explores current scientific, cultural, social and political values, arguing that the events of September 11 reflect both the manipulation of a global

Offers an examination of modern warfare in which the reality of battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen.

Takes the reader on a journey across the airy boulevards of Paris and into the crypt of its Metro. Written in the shadow of war, this work argues that

Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become tec

Takes the reader on a journey across the airy boulevards of Paris and into the crypt of its Metro. Written in the shadow of war, this work argues that

Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become tec

Virilio's exploration of the relationship between technology, speed, war and information technology weaves together a breathtaking worldview of horror

Here as Virilio states, "all one can do is guess." But Virilio's position is not one of pure guessery. His extrapolationist position against his delir

Applying the theory of dromoscopy to Western political and military history, this book exposes a compulsion to accelerate, and the rise of a politics

This work conjures up a world in which information is speed and duration is no more. It details the ways in which this change has led to a new visual

Virilio introduces his understanding of "picnolepsy"-the epileptic state of consciousness produced by speed.

Paul Virilio is one of contemporary continental thought's most original and provocative critical voices. His vision of the impact of modern technology

A new interview with the philosopher of speed, addressing the ways in which technology is utilized in synchronizing mass emotions.

With this book Paul Virilio inaugurated the new science whose object of study is the "dromocratic" revolution.

Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and so

In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later,