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Virilio Now
Current Perspectives in Virilio Studies
Series: Theory Now
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Virilio Now is ideal for students, scholars, and readers interested in cultural theory, contemporary art, architecture, media studies, and critical theory. Its interdisciplinary approach suits those seeking to understand the broad implications of Virilio's work in the context of twenty-first-century social and cultural challenges.
* Cutting-edge introduction to and extension of the work of Paul Virilio and its current directions. * Contains contributions by the world s leading Virilio scholars, as well as a newly-translated text by Virilio.
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Since the publication in 1975 of Paul Virilio's Bunker Archeology, the range of Virilio's critical works and their impact is now clear within a variety of subjects. Making astonishing interventions into art and architecture, geography, cultural studies, media, literature, aesthetics, and sociology, the momentous implications of which have yet to be entirely understood, Virilio is the cultural theorist for our troubled twenty-first century.
Responding to this growing interdisciplinary interest, Virilio Now: Current Perspectives in Virilio Studies comprises Sean Cubitt's critical overview of Virilio's oeuvre, an important newly translated text by Virilio interrogating the impact of contemporary art, and eight other major original essays by noted scholars on the wide scope of Virilio's writings. This includes Adam Sharr on Virilio and the architect Peter Zumthor's Bruder Klaus chapel, and Nigel Thrift's crucial assessment of Virilio's City of Panic.
Substantial coverage of Virilio's essential texts such as The Information Bomb is presented alongside his hypermodern conjectures on television and speed, globalization, media, and representation. Navigating Virilio's 'accident of art', the 'aesthetics of disappearance', and widespread cultural devastation, additional essays bring together considerations of financial adversity, war, calamity, and the apocalypse.
Dazzling yet perceptive, these texts on the 'post-nuclear imagination', terror, and dread are simultaneously creative and theoretical extrapolations from Virilio's 'scenic imagination' and companion essays to his most contemporary, highly original, and powerful books such as The Original Accident and The University of Disaster. Clearly introduced by the editor, Virilio Now is the preeminent single-volume on Virilio's work and world available today.
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Esteemed scholars praise Virilio Now for its lively and provocative perspectives. Douglas Kellner of UCLA commends the book for its engaging and original articles that provide up-to-date insights into Virilio's multifaceted work. Verena Andermatt Conley from Harvard University highlights the volume as a masterfully edited collection that effectively complements and contests Virilio's critiques on technology, art, and urban studies, ensuring its value as a lasting reference. The contributors are recognised for their critical enthusiasm and deep engagement with Virilio’s complex thought.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780745648774
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 29 July 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 224.0mm
Weight: 463g
Pages: 232
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John Armitage is Professor of Media at Northumbria University.
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