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

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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

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