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Polar Inertia First Edition
Author(s): Paul Virilio (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 1999
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 112 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761958029
- ISBN-13: 9780761958024
Book Description
Examining how the ′here and now′ of space, territory, the body, are being redefined by new technologies and how this undoes simplistic versions of the globalization thesis, Paul Virilio demonstrates how technology has made inertia the defining condition of modernity.
An instantaneous present has replaced space and the sovereignty of territory; everything happens without the need to go anywhere.
Editorial Reviews
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`One of the most Original thinkers of our time′ – Lib[ac]eration
`Virilio explores the space-time continuum of new media with a relentless, sceptical gaze. This volume is essential reading for those who would follow his profound examination of the body′s fate in the landscape of contemporary information machines′ – Professor Mark Poster, University of California
