The Information Bomb

160 Pages·2005·8.44 MB·English

by  Paul Virilio

THE INFORMATION BOMB
THE INFORMATION BOMB
Paul Virilio
Translated by Chris Turner
VERSO
London • New York
THE INFORMATION BOMB
Paul Virilio
Translated by Chris Turner
VERSO
London • New York
Noone can say what will be 'real' for
people when the wars which are now
beginning come to an end.
Werner Heisenberg
Originally published as La Bombe informatique by Editions Galilee, Paris 1998
© Editions Galilee 1998
Translation first published by Verso 2000
© Chris Turner 2000
This edition published by Verso 2005
All rights reserved
The moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted
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Noone can say what will be 'real' for
people when the wars which are now
beginning come to an end.
Werner Heisenberg
Originally published as La Bombe informatique by Editions Galilee, Paris 1998
© Editions Galilee 1998
Translation first published by Verso 2000
© Chris Turner 2000
This edition published by Verso 2005
All rights reserved
The moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted
3579108642
Verso
UK: 6 Meard Street, London WIF OEG
USA: 180 Varick Street, New York NY 10014-4606
www.versobooks.com
Verso is the imprint of New Left Books
ISBN 1-84467-059-7
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
Printed and Bound in the United Kingdom by Bookmarque
Some of these pieces appeared between 1996 and
1998 in three newspapers: the Frankfurter Rundschau,
the Tagesanzeiger of Ziirich, and Der Standard of
Vienna.
Some of these pieces appeared between 1996 and
1998 in three newspapers: the Frankfurter Rundschau,
the Tagesanzeiger of Ziirich, and Der Standard of
Vienna.
TRANSLATOR'S
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Glynis Powell and Marie
Dominique Maison for their assistance in the preparation
of this translation. Thanks are also due, as ever, to the
inter-library loan department ofB irmingham City Library
and, more unusually, to the Atuagkat Bookstore in Nuuk,
Greenland.
TRANSLATOR'S
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Glynis Powell and Marie
Dominique Maison for their assistance in the preparation
of this translation. Thanks are also due, as ever, to the
inter-library loan department ofB irmingham City Library
and, more unusually, to the Atuagkat Bookstore in Nuuk,
Greenland.