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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Like the ancient state of siege , " it allowed one to " indefinitely prolong the hostilities against the totality of populations that are no longer " civilian " but continental . " It represents the revival of capitalism because it is ...
Like the ancient state of siege , " it allowed one to " indefinitely prolong the hostilities against the totality of populations that are no longer " civilian " but continental . " It represents the revival of capitalism because it is ...
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The no - man's land has become a suburb , a neutralizing space in which the promise of movement is no longer accomplished , and the loss of movement for the national fortress is first the loss of good health , then death .
The no - man's land has become a suburb , a neutralizing space in which the promise of movement is no longer accomplished , and the loss of movement for the national fortress is first the loss of good health , then death .
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a time of crisis , when hospitals and schools have to shut down , when social aid is cut back and the city is no longer cleaned , it's the dissolution of the city in its own outskirts , the future popular self - government of civil fear ...
a time of crisis , when hospitals and schools have to shut down , when social aid is cut back and the city is no longer cleaned , it's the dissolution of the city in its own outskirts , the future popular self - government of civil fear ...
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Contents
From Space Right to State Right | 37 |
Practical War | 50 |
Unable Bodies | 61 |
Copyright | |
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