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    War and Cinema

    The Logistics of Perception

    Part of Radical Thinkers

    Author Paul Virilio
    Translated by Patrick Camiller
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    $19.95 US
    Verso Books | Verso
    5.1"W x 7.7"H x 0.48"D   | 6 oz | 52 per carton
    On sale Jun 09, 2009 | 160 Pages | 9781844673469
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    Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.
    “One of the most original thinkers of our time.”—Libération
    Paul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque and Matisse, as well as studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1975 he was made director of the Ecole spéciale d’architecture in Paris. He retired from teaching in 1998 and now works with private organizations on projects to house the homeless in Paris. He has written many books, including War and Cinema, Open Sky, and Ground Zero.

    A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag’s Vain Art of the Fugue, The Necessary Marriage, and Hotel Europa.
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    Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.

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    “One of the most original thinkers of our time.”—Libération

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    Paul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque and Matisse, as well as studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1975 he was made director of the Ecole spéciale d’architecture in Paris. He retired from teaching in 1998 and now works with private organizations on projects to house the homeless in Paris. He has written many books, including War and Cinema, Open Sky, and Ground Zero.

    A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag’s Vain Art of the Fugue, The Necessary Marriage, and Hotel Europa.
    Paul Virilio View titles by Paul Virilio

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