The Original Accident

The Original Accident
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Publisher : Polity
Total Pages : 127
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ISBN-10 : 9780745636146
ISBN-13 : 0745636144
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Book Synopsis The Original Accident by : Paul Virilio

Download or read book The Original Accident written by Paul Virilio and published by Polity. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virilio defines the ways in which postindustrial science has merged with out-and-out hyperterrorism to threaten the foundations of Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian civilisation, and the future of the planet with them, through innovation of mass catastrophes that are part and parcel of its panoply of inventions.


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