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Virilio miss s !" li# ra!i$% $a!&r o' ! ("$olo%) !"a! $"a$( s "&ma$i!) His $ %a!ivdo%ma!ism i%$or s !" im+or!a$( o' ! ("$olo%) 'or "&ma$i!), ll$ r- 200. critical theorist in the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education in the GSEI at UC ! "#ouglas,$%irilio, &ar, and 'echnology( So)e Critical Reflections*, illu)inations( the critical theory pro+ect, http( pages-gseis-ucla-edu faculty kellner Illu)ina./0Folder kell/1-ht) 2 34

5et I 6ant to argue in this study that %irilio has a fla6ed conception of technology that is e7cessi8ely one9sided and that)isses the e)ancipatory and de)ocrati:ing aspects of ne6 co)puter and )edia technologies - ;y argu)ent is that his 8ision of technology is o8erdeter)ined uestion scienceAs clai) to hold )onopoly for a correct interpretation of the natural

6orld - 'hese are interesting perspecti8es in the acade)ic arena,


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Virilio s !" or) is$ ! %ro&$d d i$ r ali!) or "is!or)? "is $ %a!ivi!) i$ "is +"iloso+") (r a! s a'&!&r wi!"o&! "&ma$i!), ll$ r- 200. critical theorist in the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education in the GSEI at UC ! "#ouglas,$%irilio, &ar, and 'echnology( So)e Critical Reflections*, illu)inations( the critical theory pro+ect, http( pages-gseis-ucla-edu faculty kellner Illu)ina./0Folder kell/1-ht) 2 34

S"rill) ! ("$o+"o#i( a$d (o$sis! $!l) ")s! ri(al , %irilio de)oni:es )odern infor)ation andco))unication technologies, suggesting that they are do irrepara


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bias of much media and communication provides social movements with considerable opportunities to interrupt the flow of dominant media messages" by staging dramatic media events andengaging in image manipulation. )e can make a similar argument in respect of the development of the et. s /ahlgren $+,,%( has argued the partial displacement of hierarchical forms ofinformation that the et makes available confuses the boundaries between who is and who is not a journalist. )hile these arguments have been carried too far by some et enthusiasts the

possibilities that 'ordinary0 people have for constructing their own sites of images" information and discourse is greatly enhanced by the arrival of new media. 1eemingly these and other

democratic possibilities are missed by a criti2ue which offers an overly one-sided view of new media technologies. 3 - %irilio, as I have indicated" seeks to )ake apositi8e 8irtue out of his pessi)istic reflections on ne6 )edia- 4is argument positions him firmly against those who would argue in favour of the

potentially liberating promise of the web. 4owever 5ark 6oster $%&&1" %&&7" %&&8( argues that such reflections actually spell the ina


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Virilio 7wS Harvard 2012:/8)ilitary, 6hile his entire )ode of thought is a for) of )ilitary9technological deter)inis) 6hich forces hi) notonly to o8erlook the i)portant role of capital,


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wi!" Virilio s d mo$i i$% (ri!i(ism, ll$ r- 200. critical theorist in the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education in the GSEI at UC ! "#ouglas,$%irilio, &ar, and 'echnology( So)e Critical Reflections*, illu)inations( the critical theory pro+ect, http( pages-gseis-ucla-edu faculty kellner Illu)ina

./0Folder kell/1-ht) 2 343ut 6hile there are still threats to 6orld peace and e8en hu)an sur8i8al fro) the dark forces of )ilitarycapitalis), one of the surprising e8ents of the past decade is the e)ergence of a ne6 for) of ;icrosoftcapitalis), of less lethal and )ore decentrali:ed ne6 technologies, of ne6 )odes of peaceful connection andco))unicatio n- 'he pro+ect of this ne6 for) of technocapitalis) is the de8elop)ent of an infor)ation9entertain)ent society that 6e )ight call the infotain)ent society and 6hich is so)eti)es descri


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