Occupy Time: Technoculture, Immediacy, and Resistance After Occupy Wall Street

ISBN-13: 9781137275585 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 122 str.

Jason M Adams

Opis

While secondary texts on Paul Virilio typically see no way out of the tempo- and techno-dystopia he articulates, Occupy Time engages the events of Occupy Wall Street to fix attention on what such readings circumvent: Virilio's elusive theory of resistance.

Recenzje

"Profound and challenging." - Michael J. Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii, USA

Spis treści

1. Kairopolitics: The Politics of Realtime 2. Thought-Time: Immediacy and Live Theory 3. Control-Time: Immediacy and Constant Capitalism 4. Defense-Time: Immediacy and Realtime Resistance

O autorze

Jason Adams is Professor of Communication at Grand Valley State University, USA, following a visiting position at Williams College, USA. He received a doctorate in Media & Communication from European Graduate School, Switzerland, and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Hawaii, USA. His most recent book is the co-edited volume Deleuze and Race (2013).