Politics of the Very Worst

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by Paul Virilio,

Edited by Sylvere Letringer,

Translated by Michael Cavaliere

Small Press Distribution

Due/Published December 1998, 128 pages, paper

ISBN 1570270848

Cultural writing. Part of the Semiotex(e) Foreign Series. "All technical objects brought about accidents that were specific, local, and situated in time and space. Through the new communication technologies, we have created the possibility of an accident that is no longer local, but global, and that would occur everywhere at the same time. We are faced with an phenomenon: the emergence of the accident of accidents." The text is an interview conducted by Philipe Petit. Paul Virilio is recognized as the philospher of speed and as an authority on war technology. He recently retired to work on his book on the Accident, to be published in the year 2000.