Paul Virilio Books
The Aesthetics of Disappearance, new edition
By Paul Virilio Introduction By Jonathan Crary Translated By Phil Beitchman
Virilio introduces his understanding of "picnolepsy"—the epileptic state of consciousness produced by speed.Virilio himself referred to his 1980 work The Aesthetics of Disappearance as a "jun...
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Lost Dimension, new edition
By Paul Virilio Introduction By Jean Louis Violeau Translated By Daniel Moshenberg
A vision of the city as a web of interactive, informational networks that turn our world into a prison-house of illusory transcendence.“Where does the city without gates begin? Perhaps inside...
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War and Cinema
By Paul Virilio
Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.
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