Negative Horizon

Negative Horizon is Paul Virilio's most original and unified exploration of the key themes and ideas running through his philosophy. Provocative and forceful, it sets out Virilio's theory of dromoscopy: a means of apprehending speed and its pivotal - and potentially destructive - role in contemporary global society. Applying this theory to Western political and military history, Virilio exposes a compulsion to accelerate, and the rise of a politics of time over territorial politics of space. In exposing what he believes to be the consequences of this constant acceleration for human sensory perception and, ultimately, global democracy, Virilio offers a vision of history and politics as disturbing as it is original.

Author: Paul Virilio
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 08/02/2008
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.12w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781847063069
ISBN10: 1847063063
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Essays
- Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects
- Philosophy | Social

About the Author
Paul Virilio is Director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris and author of over 15 books, including Art and Fear and Desert Screen.