The Aesthetics of Disappearance
(Part of the Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents Series)
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Virilio introduces his understanding of "picnolepsy"--the epileptic state of consciousness produced by speed. Virilio himself referred to his 1980 work The Aesthetics of Disappearance as a "juncture" in his thinking, one at which he brought his focus onto the logistics of perception--a logistics he would soon come to refer to as the "vision machine." If Speed and Politics established Virilio as the inaugural--and still consummate--theorist...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1584350741
ISBN13:9781584350743
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Semiotext(e)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.7"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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