Ground Zero
How would it be if what we take for human advance were simply a technological progress that literally leaves us out of its equations? What if progress is not humanity striking out bravely towards the future, but an ultimately destructive force? In a remarkable tour d'horizon , Paul Virilio paints a bleak picture of current scientific, cultural, social and political values. Art has succumbed to the techniques of advertising and in politics, the battle...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1859844162
ISBN13:9781859844168
Release Date:October 2002
Publisher:Verso
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 4.4" x 8.2"
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Dystopia USA
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Incomprehensible to most Americans, this expressionist poem explains why terrorism is the new world order; a brilliant analysis of the superpower syndrome, dirge for the global glutton. An apt companion work is Emmanuel Todd's L'Apres Empire, translation due February 2004.
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