Speed and Politics (first published in France in 1977) is the matrix of Virilio's entire work. Building on the works of Morand, Marinetti, and McLuhan, Virilio presents a vision more radically political than that of any of his French contemporaries: speed as the engine of destruction. Speed and Politics presents a topological account of the entire history of humanity, honing in...
Speed and Politics (first published in France in 1977) is the matrix of Virilio's entire work. Building on the works of Morand, Marinetti, and McLuhan, Virilio presents a vision more radically political than that of any of his French contemporaries: speed as the engine of destruction. Speed and Politics presents a topological account of the entire history of humanity, honing in on the technological advances made possible through the militarization of society. Paralleling Heidegger's account of technology, Virilio's vision sees speed--not class or wealth--as the primary force shaping civilization. In this "technical vitalism," multiple projectiles--inert fortresses and bunkers, the "metabolic bodies" of soldiers, transport vessels, and now information and computer technology--are launched in a permanent assault on the world and on human nature. Written at a lightning-fast pace, Virilio's landmark book is a split-second, overwhelming look at how humanity's motivity has shaped the way we function today, and what might come of it.
作者简介
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Paul Virilio was born in 1932 and has published a wide range of books, essays, and interviews grappling with the question of speed and technology, including Speed and Politics, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, and The Accident of Art, all published by Semiotext(e).
原文摘录
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The revolutionary continent attains its ideal form not in the place of production, but in the street, where for a moment it stops being a cog in the technical machine and itself becomes a motor(machine of attack), in other world a producer of speed. (查看原文)
Despite convincing examinations of city maps, the city has not been recognized as first and foremost a human dwelling -place penetrated by channels of rapid communication(river, road, coastline, railway). It seems we've forgotten that the street is only a road passing through an agglomeration, whereas every day laws on the "speed limit" within the city walls remind us of the continuity of displacement, of movement, that only the speed laws modulate. the city is but a stopover, a point on the synoptic path of trajectory, the ancient military glacis ridge road, frontier or riverbank, where the spectators's glacne and the vehicle's speed of displacement were instrumentally linked. As I have said in the past, there is only habitable circulation. (查看原文)
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0 有用 蟹炒年糕主义者 2022-12-30 23:42:30 广东
这个世界上目前为止我最爱的书（之一？）
0 有用 岩倉雙葉 2023-10-12 20:43:57 英国
Virilio早期对于Dromology完整而集中的阐发。在对于现代性=速度，即军事的后勤学的讨论之中仍然可以发现生命政治论的痕迹——速度被理解为一种同时penetration和deconstruction的技术，其不断增加造成了地理空间的萎缩，无限趋近于虚拟地形=0。全书在对于宏观历史的重述/考古之中阐述了速度的不断增加不仅与武器的恐怖杀伤力成为正比，更构成了一种无处不在的威慑后勤学，从而让战争... Virilio早期对于Dromology完整而集中的阐发。在对于现代性=速度，即军事的后勤学的讨论之中仍然可以发现生命政治论的痕迹——速度被理解为一种同时penetration和deconstruction的技术，其不断增加造成了地理空间的萎缩，无限趋近于虚拟地形=0。全书在对于宏观历史的重述/考古之中阐述了速度的不断增加不仅与武器的恐怖杀伤力成为正比，更构成了一种无处不在的威慑后勤学，从而让战争机器从明确的领土战争转变为了认知状态下的自动威慑，也即阿甘本所谓的例外状态——也是日后所提到的极惰点，其特征是retreat而不是前进——在这种状态下，其一方面是mind的内爆，另一方面（军事）构成了无产阶级的产生：一种被认为是没有灵魂的，被军事-国家共同体饲养，且可以随意boarding的存在。 (展开)
2 有用 momo 2019-11-21 14:55:01
1977【2006】
4 有用 胖达叔 2020-07-22 14:46:46
这本书是Virilio的早期著作，很多后期看得莫名其妙的东西这里都有解释。比如对logistics的关注其实就是冷战阴影下发射核武器的速度决定了战争中的生死，然后溯源到了古代战场上的移动决定胜负的观念，不只是拿破仑的思想被反复引用，克劳德维茨、孙子等军事理论家都被引用。速度才是维利里奥的重心，后期开始以这个为起点生发到了媒介和电影领域，其实军事才是最根本的内容。本书生词好多，就内容来说，建议直接读... 这本书是Virilio的早期著作，很多后期看得莫名其妙的东西这里都有解释。比如对logistics的关注其实就是冷战阴影下发射核武器的速度决定了战争中的生死，然后溯源到了古代战场上的移动决定胜负的观念，不只是拿破仑的思想被反复引用，克劳德维茨、孙子等军事理论家都被引用。速度才是维利里奥的重心，后期开始以这个为起点生发到了媒介和电影领域，其实军事才是最根本的内容。本书生词好多，就内容来说，建议直接读最后一章。 (展开)
0 有用 蕾奥娜拉 2023-05-02 13:05:49 湖北
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0 有用 岩倉雙葉 2023-10-12 20:43:57 英国
Virilio早期对于Dromology完整而集中的阐发。在对于现代性=速度，即军事的后勤学的讨论之中仍然可以发现生命政治论的痕迹——速度被理解为一种同时penetration和deconstruction的技术，其不断增加造成了地理空间的萎缩，无限趋近于虚拟地形=0。全书在对于宏观历史的重述/考古之中阐述了速度的不断增加不仅与武器的恐怖杀伤力成为正比，更构成了一种无处不在的威慑后勤学，从而让战争... Virilio早期对于Dromology完整而集中的阐发。在对于现代性=速度，即军事的后勤学的讨论之中仍然可以发现生命政治论的痕迹——速度被理解为一种同时penetration和deconstruction的技术，其不断增加造成了地理空间的萎缩，无限趋近于虚拟地形=0。全书在对于宏观历史的重述/考古之中阐述了速度的不断增加不仅与武器的恐怖杀伤力成为正比，更构成了一种无处不在的威慑后勤学，从而让战争机器从明确的领土战争转变为了认知状态下的自动威慑，也即阿甘本所谓的例外状态——也是日后所提到的极惰点，其特征是retreat而不是前进——在这种状态下，其一方面是mind的内爆，另一方面（军事）构成了无产阶级的产生：一种被认为是没有灵魂的，被军事-国家共同体饲养，且可以随意boarding的存在。 (展开)
0 有用 Bill 2023-08-03 14:56:00 江苏
today, speed is war, the last war.
0 有用 蕾奥娜拉 2023-05-02 13:05:49 湖北
关注知乎弱心海谢谢喵，海宝可爱捏
2 有用 peyote 2023-02-02 11:48:51 湖南
用一些dromo-来重新阐释历史进程始终让我觉得有点过窄，Virilio很多论述也挺有意思，只是更多的论述在我看来有点过了。最后一章很好。觉得这本书不如叫war and movement…
0 有用 蟹炒年糕主义者 2022-12-30 23:42:30 广东
这个世界上目前为止我最爱的书（之一？）