Paul Virilio
Paul Virilio | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 January 1932 |
| Died | 10 September 2018 (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Christian anarchism Phenomenology (early) |
| Main interests | Aesthetics, urbanism, philosophy of Technology, philosophy of war |
| Notable ideas | Dromology • Aesthetics of disappearance • Logistics of perception |
Paul Virilio (French: [viʁiljo]; 4 January 1932 – 10 September 2018) was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher. 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. Virilio was a prolific creator of neologisms, most notably his concept of "dromology", the all-around, pervasive inscription of speed in every aspect of life.
According to two biographers, Virilio was a "historian of warfare, technology and photography, a philosopher of architecture, military strategy and cinema, and a politically engaged provocative commentator on history, terrorism, mass media and human-machine relations."