Negative Horizon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847063069)

Negative Horizon is Paul Virilio's most original and unified exploration of the key themes and ideas running through his philosophy. Provocative and forceful, it sets out Virilio's theory of dromoscopy: a means of apprehending speed and its pivotal - and potentially destructive - role in contemporary global society. Applying this theory to Western political and military history, Virilio exposes a compulsion to accelerate, and the rise of a politics of time over territorial politics of space. In exposing what he believes to be the consequences of this constant acceleration for human sensory perception and, ultimately, global democracy, Virilio offers a vision of history and politics as disturbing as it is original.

Author: Paul Virilio
ISBN-10: 1847063063
ISBN-13: 9781847063069
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2008
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.12w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 25