dromology

dromology
The logic of speed.

Everything in this sunlit world is dedicated to speed. Even the tomb contains the instruments of dromology (sophisticated vehicles, chariots, vessels), and sovereign Death is represented holding a symbolic whip and bit tightly to his chest.


Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Paul Virilio — (born 1932 in Paris, France) is a cultural theorist and urbanist. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military …   Wikipedia

  • Fleet in being — In naval warfare, a fleet in being is a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port. Were the fleet to leave port and face the enemy, it might lose in battle and no longer influence the enemy s actions, but by… …   Wikipedia

  • Equiveillance — is the a state of equilibrium, or a desire to attain a state of equilibrium, between surveillance and sousveillance. It is sometimes confused with transparency. This balance (equilibrium) [http://wearcam.org/anonequiveillance.htm allows the… …   Wikipedia

  • Time-space compression — is a term used to describe processes that seem to accelerate the experience of time and reduce the significance of distance during a given historical moment. Geographer David Harvey used the term in The Condition of Postmodernity , where it… …   Wikipedia

  • Fleet-in-being — (englisch Flotte im Bestehen/vorhandene Flotte) ist ein strategisches Konzept im Seekrieg. Die Fleet in being ist eine Flotte, die alleine durch ihre Existenz, ohne den Hafen zu verlassen, das Kriegsgeschehen beeinflusst die Flotte „ist“ nur,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sylvère Lotringer — (Foto von Iris Klein) Sylvère Lotringer (* 1938 in Paris) ist ein Literaturkritiker, Kulturtheoretiker und Herausgeber. Als jüngerer Zeitgenosse der Philosophen Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio und Michel Foucault… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”