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Polar Inertia

By Paul Virilio

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications
Year
2000
ISBN
0761958037, 9780761958031
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5786899 bytes)
Series
Theory, Culture & Society
Pages
113\113
Time added
2016-09-27 15:13:40
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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. This book will be a key reference for students and scholars of the latest thinking in social theory.

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