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Julie Rose (trans) and
Paul Virilio
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Verso Books
Publication date
August 1, 1997
Pages
152
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781859848807
ISBN-10
185984880X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$45.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: âOne day the day will come when the day will not come.â Bleak in its analysis of the social destruction wrought by modern technologies of communication and surveillance, but passionately political, Open Sky is Paul Virilioâs most far-reaching and radical book for many years. Deepening and extending his earlier work on speed perception and political control, and applying it now to the global âreal timeâ of the information superhighways, he explores the growing danger of what he calls a âgeneralized accident,â provoked by the breakdown of our collective and individual relation to time, space and movement.
But this is not merely a lucid and disturbing lament for the loss of real geographical spaces, distance, intimacy or democracy. Open Sky is also a call for revoltâagainst the insidious and accelerating manipulation of perception by the electronic media and repressive political power, against the tyranny of âreal time,â and against the infantilism of cyberhype. Paul Virillo makes a powerful case for a new ethics of perception, and a new ecology, one which will not only strive to protect the natural world from pollution and destruction, but will also combat the devastation of urban communities by proliferating technologies of control and virtuality.
But this is not merely a lucid and disturbing lament for the loss of real geographical spaces, distance, intimacy or democracy. Open Sky is also a call for revoltâagainst the insidious and accelerating manipulation of perception by the electronic media and repressive political power, against the tyranny of âreal time,â and against the infantilism of cyberhype. Paul Virillo makes a powerful case for a new ethics of perception, and a new ecology, one which will not only strive to protect the natural world from pollution and destruction, but will also combat the devastation of urban communities by proliferating technologies of control and virtuality.
Editions
Hardcover
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With Julie Rose (other contributor) |
from Verso Books (August 1, 1997)
9781859848807 | details & prices | 152 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $45.00
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Paperback
With Julie Rose (other contributor) |
from Verso Books (January 1, 2008)
9781844672080 | details & prices | 152 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.38 lbs | List price $15.95
With Julie Rose (other contributor) |
from Verso Books (August 1, 1997)
9781859841815 | details & prices | 152 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $17.00
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