Negative Horizon: An Essay in Dromoscopy
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Book Overview
Negative Horizon is Paul Virilio's most original and unified exploration of the key themes and ideas running through his philosophy. Provocative and forceful, it sets out Virilio's theory of dromoscopy: a means of apprehending speed and its pivotal - and potentially destructive - role in contemporary global society. Applying this theory to Western political and military history, Virilio exposes a compulsion to accelerate, and the rise of a politics of time over territorial politics of space. In exposing what he believes to be the consequences of this constant acceleration for human sensory perception and, ultimately, global democracy, Virilio offers a vision of history and politics as disturbing as it is original.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1847063063
ISBN13:9781847063069
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Continuum
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"
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Post-Structural Theory for the Crash Test Dummy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
If you enjoyed the movie "Crash," but didn't feel like you understood the message, here is a wonderful theoretical explanation for you. Negative Horizons examines the violence of speed. I would say that it's heavy theory that reads like a thriller. It was absolutely engaging and terrifying to read, especially while taking a airplane home from DC on a dark and stormy night.
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