Speed and Politics: An Essay on DromologyWith this book Paul Virilio inaugurated the new science whose object of study is the "dromocratic" revolution. |
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We must face the facts : if ancient weapons deterred us from interrupting movement , the new weapons deter us from interrupting the arms race . Moreover , they require in their technological ( dromological ) logic the exponential ...
We must face the facts : if ancient weapons deterred us from interrupting movement , the new weapons deter us from interrupting the arms race . Moreover , they require in their technological ( dromological ) logic the exponential ...
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This contraction is , however , far from being complete ; it continues according to the arms race , at the speed of the new capacities of the vectors , until one day it will dispossess this last man . In fact , the movement is the same ...
This contraction is , however , far from being complete ; it continues according to the arms race , at the speed of the new capacities of the vectors , until one day it will dispossess this last man . In fact , the movement is the same ...
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The logic of arms systems is eluding the military framework more and more , and moving toward the engineer responsible for research and development - in expectation , of course , of the system's self - sufficiency .
The logic of arms systems is eluding the military framework more and more , and moving toward the engineer responsible for research and development - in expectation , of course , of the system's self - sufficiency .
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Practical War | 50 |
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