Pure War
Twenty-Five Years Later
$36.19
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2008
Summary
Virilio and Lotringer revisit their prescient book on the invisible war waged by technology against humanity since World War II.In June 2007, Paul Virilio and Sylv re Lotringer met in La Rochelle, France to reconsider the premises they developed twenty-five years before in their frighteningly prescient classic, Pure War. Pure War described the invisible war waged by technology against humanity, and the lack of any real distinction since World War II between war and peace. Speaking with Lotrin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584350590 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1584350598 |
| Author: | Paul Virilio, Sylvère Lotringer, Mark Polizzotti, Brian O'Keeffe |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2008 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
About The Author
Paul Virilio
Paul Virilio was born in 1932 and has published a wide range of books, essays, and interviews grappling with the question of speed and technology, including Speed and Politics, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, and The Accident of Art, all published by Semiotext(e).Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Paul Virilio was born in 1932 and has published a wide range of books, essays, and interviews grappling with the question of speed and technology, including Speed and Politics, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, and The Accident of Art, all published by Semiotext(e).Mark Polizzotti has translated more than fifty books, including works by Patrick Modiano, Gustave Flaubert, Raymond Roussel, Marguerite Duras, and Paul Virilio. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he is also the author of Revolution of the Mind- The Life of Andre Breton and other books.
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