Virilio Now: Current Perspectives in Virilio Studies

Notes on Contributors viii

Acknowledgements xi

1 Paul Virilio: A Critical Overview 1
John Armitage

2 The Third War: Cities, Conflict and Contemporary Art: Interview with Paul Virilio 29
John Armitage

3 Burning Bruder Klaus: Towards an Architecture of Slipstream 46
Adam Sharr

4 Vector Politics and the Aesthetics of Disappearance 68
Sean Cubitt

5 Virilio’s Media as Philosophy 92
Scott McQuire

6 Empathetic Vision: Aesthetics of Power and Loss 115
Elin O’Hara Slavick

7 Panicsville: Paul Virilio and the Aesthetic of Disaster 145
Nigel Thrift

8 Three Theses on Virilio Now 158
Arthur Kroker

9 The Accident of Finance 177
Paul Crosthwaite

10 Virilio and Visual Culture: On the American Apocalyptic Sublime 200
Joy Garnett and John Armitage

11 Impact Studies 234
Paul Virilio

Index 239