The Information Bomb - Softcover

Virilio, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859843697 ISBN 13: 9781859843697

Publisher: Verso Books, 2001

Synopsis

Spans everything from Fukuyama to Larry Flynt, all seen through the optic of Virilio's trenchant and committed theoretical position. 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 wimper of a subliminally reinforced eugenics.

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Review

"Anyone who has ever secretly wished that Foucault would get to the point will relish the sudden hooks and jabs of revealed sense."--"New York Times""Virilio makes his prose do somersaults through flaming conceptual hoops, inventing new words to explain ideas that would be difficult to reach if the trip weren't so much fun."--"Metro Santa Cruz""One of the most original thinkers of our time."--"Liberation"

From the Back Cover

"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.

"Virilio writes in the subversive tradition of Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard and Theodore Roszak." Publishers Weekly

"One of the most original thinkers of our time." - Liberation

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1859843697
• ISBN 13: 9781859843697
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160