Polar Inertia
Format:Paperback
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Published:1st Nov '99
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- Hardback£194.00(9780761958024)
′If you′ve ever felt like we′re going nowhere fast, and you′d like to know why - preferably sometime before you die - read this book′ - James Der Derian, Brown University and UMASS/Amherst
Examining how the ′here and now′ of space, territory, the body, are being redefined by new technologies and how this undoes simplistic versions of the globalization thesis, 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.
`If you′ve ever felt like we′re going nowhere fast, and you′d like to know why - preferably sometime before you die - read this book′ - James Der Derian, Brown University and Univeristy of Massachusetts, Amherst
`One of the most Original thinkers of our time′ - Lib[ac]eration
`Virilio explores the space-time continuum of new media with a relentless, sceptical gaze. This volume is essential reading for those who would follow his profound examination of the body′s fate in the landscape of contemporary information machines′ - Professor Mark Poster, University of California
ISBN: 9780761958031
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 190g
112 pages