Polar Inertia

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.

List of contents

Indirect Light
The Last Vehicle
Kinematic Optics
Environment Control
Polar Inertia

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Virilio
• Assisted by: Patrick Camiller (Translation)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1999
• EAN: 9780761958024
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5802-4
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society; Theory, Culture & Society (Har; Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society; Theory, Culture & Society (Har; Published in Association with
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories