The Information Bomb“Civilization or the militarization of science?” With this typically hyperbolic and provocative question as a starting point, Paul Virilio explores the dominion of techno-science, cyberwar and the new information technologies over our lives ... and deaths. After the era of the atomic bomb, Virilio posits an era of genetic and information bombs which replace the apocalyptic bang of nuclear death with the whimper of a subliminally reinforced eugenics. We are entering the age of euthanasia. These exhilarating bulletins from the information war extend the range of Virilio’s work. The Information Bomb spans everything from Fukuyama to Larry Flynt, the Sensation exhibition of New British Art to space travel, all seen through the optic of Virilio’s trenchant and committed theoretical position. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 7 |
Section 3 | 19 |
Section 4 | 27 |
Section 5 | 28 |
Section 6 | 36 |
Section 7 | 43 |
Section 8 | 77 |
Section 10 | 106 |
Section 11 | 107 |
Section 12 | 114 |
Section 13 | 115 |
Section 14 | 131 |
Section 15 | 145 |
Section 16 | |
Section 17 | |
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Common terms and phrases
acceleration accident advertising American artist atomic audiovisual automatic become Bill Clinton body cameras capable cinema communication contemporary crash cultural cyber cybernetic de-localization declared democracy dimensions Earth economic effect electronic emergence Ernst Jünger extra-terrestrial fact film frontier future Geoff Mulgan geophysical globalitarian globalization going Hence horizon human cloning industrial information bomb instantaneity interactive Internet June Houston Karl Kraus kind Larry Flynt launch living matter longer Mars Pathfinder mass merely military nations networks nuclear optics over-exposure Paperback Paul Valéry Paul Virilio perspective phenomenon Philip Nitschke physical planet planetary political post-industrial progress real space recent revolution satellites scientific screen SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK social soon space station speed sudden supermodels supplanted technical techno-science techno-scientific technological tele-presence tele-surveillance telecommunications television thanks tion Trans transhuman transmission twentieth century Viennese Actionists virtual reality vision visual Witold Gombrowicz
References to this book
Understanding Media Cultures: Social Theory and Mass Communication Nick Stevenson Limited preview - 2002 |
Rhetoric and Educational Discourse: Persuasive Texts? Richard Edwards,Kathy Nicoll,Nicky Solomon No preview available - 2004 |