{"product_id":"virilio-and-the-media-hardback-9780745642284","title":"Virilio and the Media (Hardback) 9780745642284","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVirilio and the Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Armitage (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745642284, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.5 x 2 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Armitage has captured the essence of Virilio’s intellectual media related ideas in a user-friendly fashion.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/reviews.media-culture.org.au\/modules.php?name=News\u0026amp;file=article\u0026amp;sid=5396\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eM\/C Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'If Paul Virilio is the essential guide to understanding the digital future that is the 21st century, then John Amitage's brilliant account of \u003ci\u003eVirilio and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e explores the essence of Virilio's intellectual vision: its aesthetics, new media critique, political theory, cinematic analysis, and creative technological disturbance. Here, the writing of Paul Virilio becomes a vivid, haunting reminder of that which has been lost and gained with the disappearance of culture, society and politics into the language of new media.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eArthur Kroker, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theory, University of Victoria, Canada\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Paul Virilio is a canary in the mine of contemporaneity. For him, new communications media have remade the world as speed, accident, ubiquitous militarisation and the loss of the dimension of the real. Armitage is uniquely positioned to articulate the richness and urgency of Virilio's media critique.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSean Cubitt, University of Southampton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'John Armitage proves himself the leading English-language interpreter of Virilio's unique body of work. Focusing on Virilio's pioneering understanding of the transformative impact of media technologies, Armitage establishes a cogent and clear-sighted trajectory, and makes a powerful argument for both the strategic and ethical value of Virilio's thought.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eScott McQuire, University of Melbourne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn books such as \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Disappearance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar and Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Dimension\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Vision Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Virilio has fundamentally changed how we think about contemporary media culture. Virilio’s examinations of the connections between perception, logistics, the city, and new media technologies comprise some of the most powerful texts within his hypermodern philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVirilio and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e presents an introduction to Virilio’s important media related ideas, from polar inertia and the accident to the landscape of events, cities of panic, and the instrumental image loop of television. John Armitage positions Virilio’s essential media texts in their theoretical contexts whilst outlining their substantial influence on recent cultural thinking. Consequently, Armitage renders Virilio’s media texts accessible, priming his readers to create individual critical evaluations of Virilio’s writings. The book closes with an annotated and user-friendly Guide to Further Reading and a non-technical Glossary of Virilio’s significant concepts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Virilio’s texts on the media are vital for everyone concerned with contemporary media culture, and \u003ci\u003eVirilio and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to the ever expanding range of his critical media and cultural works.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Aesthetics of Disappearance 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Cinema, War, and the Logistics of Perception 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 New Media: Vision, Inertia, and the Mobile Phone 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 City of Panic: The Instrumental Image Loop of Television and Media Events 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Work of the Critic of the Art of Technology: The Museum of Accidents 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuide to Further Reading 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 172\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407306944792,"sku":"9780745642284","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745642284.jpg?v=1784160510","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/virilio-and-the-media-hardback-9780745642284","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}