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The information bomb

Paul Virilio ; translated by Chris Turner

(Radical thinkers, 10)

Verso, 2005

  • : pbk

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La Bombe informatique

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Description

"Civilization or the militarization of science?" With this typically hyperbolic and provocative question as a starting point, Paul Virilio explores the dominion of techno-science, cyberwar and the new information technologies over our lives ... and deaths. After the era of the atomic bomb, Virilio posits an era of genetic and information bombs which replace the apocalyptic bang of nuclear death with the whimper of a subliminally reinforced eugenics. We are entering the age of euthanasia. These exhilarating bulletins from the information war extend the range of Virilio's work. The Information Bomb spans everything from Fukuyama to Larry Flynt, the Sensation exhibition of New British Art to space travel, all seen through the optic of Virilio's trenchant and committed theoretical position.

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  • NCID
    BA85112811
  • ISBN
    • 1844670597
  • LCCN
    2006282319
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    145 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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