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.

Sommario

Indirect Light
The Last Vehicle
Kinematic Optics
Environment Control
Polar Inertia

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Virilio
• Con la collaborazione di: Patrick Camiller (Traduzione)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.1999
• EAN: 9780761958024
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5802-4
• Pagine: 112
• Serie: 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
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche