Polar Inertia (Paperback)

Paul Virilio

ISBN 10: 0761958037 / ISBN 13: 9780761958031

Edité par SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, 1999

A propos de cet article

Paperback. A critical inquiry into the relations of space, time and technology. Paul Virilio shows how technology has made inertia the defining condition of modernity. He argues that the real time of "action at a distance" through telecommunication has replaced the real space of immediate action. Everything now happens without the need to go anywhere. This redefinition seeks to undo simplistic versions of the globalisation thesis. The author's relentless, sceptical gaze focuses on space, territory, and the body and considers Venetian gondolas, NASA technology, the Lumiere cinema and particle accelerators. Paul Virilio demonstrates how technology has made inertia the defining condition of modernity. An instantaneous present has replaced space and the sovereignty of territory - everything happens without the need to go anywhere. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Polar Inertia (Paperback)
• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0761958037
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780761958031
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

Paul Virilio demonstrates how technology has made inertia the defining condition of modernity. An instantaneous present has replaced space and the sovereignty of territory - everything happens without the need to go anywhere.

À propos de l?auteur

Paul Virilio is President Ecoloe Speciale d′Architecture, and author of Open Sky (verao); Art of the Motor (BFI); War and Cinema (Verso), amongst others.