NDLI: The role of technological acceleration in the crisis of modernity: A view by Paul Virilio

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Portillo, E. Costa, P.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: EUIT Telecomunicaciones. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Portillo, E.; Costa, P.)
Abstract	Technological progress is often referred as parallel with the fight against totalitarian regimes. This affirmation overlooks the problems that the modern world faces. Although developed countries have a high standard of life, underdeveloped areas of the world suffer violence, starvation and lack of social structure, condemning billions of people to poverty and no future. If we want to review the relations between modernity, technology and totalitarian rule we should remember that for Freud, Nazism and Stalinism are not an unexpected guests of the Enlightenment, but a consequence of modernity, the moments when the essence of modernity is exposed in its purest form. The French architect, town planner, and thinker Paul Virilio, has studied the lighting war (blitzkrieg) tactics of the 1930s, and shows how its essence has been moved to every area of modern life. Today no event is organized in the world of business, politics, art, marketing, etc. without a previous ‘campaign launch’ with the intention of maximizing the ‘effect’ of mobilization. With this in mind, this article will study how valid his thinking has been to the understanding of the all pervading presence of speed and speed technologies in modern life and their effects.
Starting Page	480
Ending Page	483
File Size	116096
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424477777
e-ISBN	9781424477760
DOI	10.1109/ISTAS.2010.5514603
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-06-07
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Acceleration Bonding Social implications of technology Humans Telecommunications Standards development Cities and towns Art Pharmaceutical technology Drugs
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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