Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Translator's Introduction: Seven Minutes Foreword First Part The Metapsychosis of the Passenger The Great Vehicle Second Part The Aesthetics of Disappearance From the Site of the Election to the Site of the Ejection Third Part Dromoscopy The Light of Speed Fourth Part The Negative Horizon The Driving Within Fifth Part The Politics of Disappearance The Strategy of the Beyond Notes Index

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This book covers the key themes in Virilio's work: speed; society; virtuality; new technology.

About the Author

Paul Virilio is one of our foremost cultural critics. Architect and urban planner and former director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, he has written widely on film, architecture, art, war and technology. Julie Rose is a freelance translator and winner of the PEN Medallion for Translation.

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.

Reviews

'One of the most original thinkers of our time.' Liberation
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'Virilio writes on the edge of physics, philosophy, politics and urbanism.' New Statesman
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