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With around 645 million people expected to be displaced D by wars and other catastrophes D by 2050, Virilio begins The Futurism of the Instant by looking at the future of human settlement and migration through the evolution of the city.

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"One of the most verbally exuberant of modern philosophers."
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"Paul Virilio has long been one of the most fascinating and provocative thinkers of our contemporary moment."
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"If Walter Benjamin had one true intellectual descendant who extended his inquiries into the second half of the twentieth century, this must be Paul Virilio."
Lev Manovich, author of The New Media



Table of Contents
Translator’s Preface vii

1 Stop-Eject 1

2 The Ultracity 32

3 The Futurism of the Instant 70

Index 103

The Futurism of the Instant

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 22/10/2010
      ISBN13: 9780745648637, 978-0745648637
      ISBN10: 0745648630

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With around 645 million people expected to be displaced D by wars and other catastrophes D by 2050, Virilio begins The Futurism of the Instant by looking at the future of human settlement and migration through the evolution of the city.

      Trade Review
      "One of the most verbally exuberant of modern philosophers."
      The Guardian

      "Paul Virilio has long been one of the most fascinating and provocative thinkers of our contemporary moment."
      Douglas Kellner, UCLA

      "If Walter Benjamin had one true intellectual descendant who extended his inquiries into the second half of the twentieth century, this must be Paul Virilio."
      Lev Manovich, author of The New Media



      Table of Contents
      Translator’s Preface vii

      1 Stop-Eject 1

      2 The Ultracity 32

      3 The Futurism of the Instant 70

      Index 103

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