French cultural theorist and urbanist Paul Virilio is best known for his writings on media, technology, and architecture. Gathered here in A Winter?s Journey are four remarkable conversations in which Virilio and architectural writer Marianne Brausch look at a twentieth century characterized by enormous technological acceleration and by technocultural accidents of barbarism and horror. The dialogues in A Winter?s Journey?structured loosely around the dates 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1980?chart Virilio?s intimate intellectual biography, from his childhood lived against the unstable backdrop of a heavily bombed, wartime Nantes to maturity in a crisis space that is neither entirely militarized nor yet fully civilian, but somewhere between the two. In the course of these conversations, Virilio and Brausch ultimately find hope that in understanding the events of the last century and the cultural responses spawned by them, we can create a more humane era that is more adept at handling the transformations of its technology and culture. A Winter?s Journey is a revealing and engaging look into the intellectual life and ideas of one of the most influential theorists of contemporary civilization.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
ISBN-13
9781906497859
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106744386
Product Key Features
Author
Marianne Brausch, Paul Virilio
Publication Name
A Winter's Journey: Four Conversations with Marianne Brausch
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
190 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
187mm
Item Width
121mm
Item Weight
264g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Marianne Brausch, Paul Virilio
Series Title
The French List- (Seagull Titles Chup)
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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