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The Information Bomb

Paul Virilio

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English
Bloomsbury
24 October 2005
""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.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   180g
ISBN:   9781844670598
ISBN 10:   1844670597
Series:   Radical Thinkers Set 01
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Audience:   Adult education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Information Bomb

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 is the trip weren't so much fun. - Metro Santa Cruz One of the most original thinkers of our time. - Liberation


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