A Winter's Journey - Four Conversations with Marianne Brausch (Hardcover)

French cultural theorist and urbanist Paul Virilio is best known for his writings on media, technology, and architecture. Gathered here in "A Winter's Journey "are four remarkable conversations in which Virilio and architectural writer Marianne Brausch look at a twentieth century characterized by enormous technological acceleration and by technocultural accidents of barbarism and horror. The dialogues in "A Winter"'"s Journey--"structured loosely around the dates 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1980--chart Virilio's intimate intellectual biography, from his childhood lived against the unstable backdrop of a heavily bombed, wartime Nantes to maturity in a crisis space that is neither entirely militarized nor yet fully civilian, but somewhere between the two. In the course of these conversations, Virilio and Brausch ultimately find hope that in understanding the events of the last century and the cultural responses spawned by them, we can create a more humane era that is more adept at handling the transformations of its technology and culture. "A Winter's Journey "is a revealing and engaging look into the intellectual life and ideas of one of the most influential theorists of contemporary civilization.

General

Imprint:	Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The French List
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Paul Virilio • Marianne Brausch
Dimensions:	129 x 186 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-1-906497-85-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	1-906497-85-0
Barcode:	9781906497859

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