War and Cinema - The Logistics of Perception

Zusatztext “One of the most original thinkers of our time.”— Libération Informationen zum Autor Paul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque and Matisse, as well as studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1975 he was made director of the Ecole spéciale d'architecture in Paris. He retired from teaching in 1998 and now works with private organizations on projects to house the homeless in Paris. He has written many books, including War and Cinema, Open Sky , and Ground Zero . A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag's Vain Art of the Fugue , The Necessary Marriage , and Hotel Europa . Klappentext A rich and suggestive analysis of military ways of seeing, revealing the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema. Zusammenfassung A suggestive analysis of military 'ways of seeing'. It reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Virilio, Virilio Paul
• Assisted by: Patrick Camiller (Translation), Camiller Patrick (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9781844673469
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-346-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Radical Thinkers; Radical Thinkers Set 04
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, Film history, theory or criticism