Occupy Time
Technoculture, Immediacy, and Resistance after Occupy Wall Street
Published on 22. November 2013
Book
Hardback
VIII, 122 pages
978-1-137-27558-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Profound and challenging." - Michael J. Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii, USA
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Edition
2014 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VIII, 122 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-27558-5 (9781137275585)
DOI
10.1057/9781137275592
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
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).
Content
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