Occupy Time - Technoculture, Immediacy, and Resistance After Occupy Wall Street

While secondary texts on Paul Virilio typically see no way out of the tempo- and techno-dystopia he articulates, Occupy Time engages the events of Occupy Wall Street to fix attention on what such readings circumvent: Virilio's elusive theory of resistance.

List of contents

1. Kairopolitics: The Politics of Realtime 2. Thought-Time: Immediacy and Live Theory 3. Control-Time: Immediacy and Constant Capitalism 4. Defense-Time: Immediacy and Realtime Resistance

About the author

Jason Adams is Professor of Communication at Grand Valley State University, USA, following a visiting position at Williams College, USA. He received a doctorate in Media & Communication from European Graduate School, Switzerland, and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Hawaii, USA. His most recent book is the co-edited volume Deleuze and Race (2013).

Summary

While secondary texts on Paul Virilio typically see no way out of the tempo- and techno-dystopia he articulates, Occupy Time engages the events of Occupy Wall Street to fix attention on what such readings circumvent: Virilio's elusive theory of resistance.

Additional text

"Profound and challenging." - Michael J. Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii, USA

Product details

• Authors: J. Adams, J. (Associate Professor of Pediatrics Adams, Jason M. Adams
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2013
• EAN: 9781349446278
• ISBN: 978-1-349-44627-8
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education