The Original Accident

by Paul Virilio

Book Overview

The future once promised the certainty of a better life for all but now it is full of uncertainty, danger and fear. Our lives are surrounded by the threats, imaginary or real, posed by terrorist outrages, natural catastrophes and disasters of all kinds. The future is overshadowed by the nightmare of an outmoded humanity overwhelmed by a catastrophe of its own making, a kind of catastrophic grand finale that would mirror the original accident - the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745636144
• ISBN13: 9780745636146
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"