ISBN:
0745642292
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0745675921
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9780745675923
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (181 Seiten)
Edition:
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Theory and media
Series Statement:
Theory and Media Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Armitage, John, 1956 - Virilio and the media
DDC:
302.23092
Keywords:
Virilio, Paul -- Criticism and interpretation
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Mass media
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Technology -- Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Virilio, Paul 1932-2018
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Massenmedien
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Medienphilosophie
Abstract:
In books such as The Aesthetics of Disappearance, War and Cinema, The Lost Dimension, and The Vision Machine, Paul Virilio has fundamentally changed how we think about contemporary media culture. Virilio’s examinations of the connections between perception, logistics, the city, and new media technologies comprise some of the most powerful texts within his hypermodern philosophy. Virilio and the Mediapresents an introduction to Virilio’s important media related ideas, from polar inertia and the accident to the landscape of events, cities of panic, and the instrumental image loop of television. John Armitage positions Virilio’s essential media texts in their theoretical contexts whilst outlining their substantial influence on recent cultural thinking. Consequently, Armitage renders Virilio’s media texts accessible, priming his readers to create individual critical evaluations of Virilio’s writings. The book closes with an annotated and user-friendly Guide to Further Reading and a non-technical Glossary of Virilio’s significant concepts. Virilio’s texts on the media are vital for everyone concerned with contemporary media culture, and Virilio and the Mediaoffers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to the ever expanding range of his critical media and cultural works.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; contents; acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE AESTHETICS OF DISAPPEARANCE; 2 CINEMA, WAR, AND THE LOGISTICS OF PERCEPTION; 3 NEW MEDIA; 4 CITY OF PANIC; 5 THE WORK OF THE CRITIC OF THE ART OF TECHNOLOGY; CONCLUSION; Guide to further reading; Glossary; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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