| Título: | Virilio: Mimesis, Mourning, and Modern Technology |
| Autores: | McAllister, Kirsten Emiko; SFU, Communication |
| Fecha: | 2008-12-31 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Comumunication |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article research-article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: |
Communication; Media Studies; Cultural Studies; Technology Studies Media theory; Theories of technology; The body |
| Descripción: | Abstract: In The Vision Machine (1994) Paul Virilio uses powerful imagery to warn us about the consequences of our increasing dependence on “vision machines.” With little use, he claims that our sense organs will atrophy and we will degenerate into neurologically simple organisms. This article examines his use of imagery, arguing (after Nicholsen, 1997; Saussy, 2006; and Taussig, 1993) that he mimetically replicates cultural anxieties as well as the destructive drives he critiques. Arguing that he mourns the loss of an ideal human animal of knowledge constituted through the Greek practice of techne (Heidegger, 1977), the article further questions whether his writing is symptomatic of “left melancholia” (Brown, 2003).Résumé : Dans La machine de vision (1994), Paul Virilio emploie des images puissantes pour nous avertir des conséquences de notre dépendance croissante par rapport aux « machines de vision ». Il croit que nos sens, en étant sousutilisés, s’atrophient et que nous allons nous dégrader, devenant des organismes neurologiquement simples. Cet article examine les images que Virilio utilise; il soutient (à l’exemple de Nicholsen, 1997; Saussy, 2006; et Taussig, 1993) que cet auteur reproduit mimétiquement des anxiétés culturelles ainsi que les pulsions destructrices mêmes qu’il critique. L’article, affirmant qu’il fait le deuil d’un animal humain idéal possédant un savoir formé au moyen de la pratique grecque du techne (Heidegger, 1977), soulève en outre la question de l’écriture de Virilio en tant que symptôme de « mélancolie de gauche » (Brown, 2003). |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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