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Strategy of Deception
Paul Virilio
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Description for Strategy of Deception
Paperback. Offers an examination of modern warfare in which the reality of battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JWA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Written with his characteristic flair, Virillo's latest book is a trenchant denunciation of the Kosovo war in which he successfully unites theory with a riveting study of the conflict. Tearing aside the veil of hypocrisy in which the USA and its allies wrapped the war, Virillo demonstrates that the nature of the bombing was set by strategic rather than ethical considerations.
Beneath the humanitarian rhetoric, Virillo sees a sinister innovation in the methods of waging war: territorial space is being replaced by orbital space in which a system of global telesurveillance is linked to the destructive power of bombers and ... Read more
Written with his characteristic flair, Virillo's latest book is a trenchant denunciation of the Kosovo war in which he successfully unites theory with a riveting study of the conflict. Tearing aside the veil of hypocrisy in which the USA and its allies wrapped the war, Virillo demonstrates that the nature of the bombing was set by strategic rather than ethical considerations.
Beneath the humanitarian rhetoric, Virillo sees a sinister innovation in the methods of waging war: territorial space is being replaced by orbital space in which a system of global telesurveillance is linked to the destructive power of bombers and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
111g
Number of Pages
82
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844675784
SKU
V9781844675784
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99-3
About Paul Virilio
Paul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque and Matisse, as well as studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1975 he was made director of the Ecole spéciale d'architecture in Paris. He retired from teaching in 1998 and now works with private organizations on projects to house the homeless in Paris. He has written many books, ... Read more
Reviews for Strategy of Deception
One of the most original thinkers of our time.
Libération
A refreshing antidote to the 'global village' mantra of Net gurus, Virilio writes in the subversive tradition of Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard.
Publishers Weekly
Virilio is an impressive commentator on the conditioning power of the mass media ... he has become essential reading for anyone ... Read more
Libération
A refreshing antidote to the 'global village' mantra of Net gurus, Virilio writes in the subversive tradition of Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard.
Publishers Weekly
Virilio is an impressive commentator on the conditioning power of the mass media ... he has become essential reading for anyone ... Read more