Dromology

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As dromology (to Old Greek dromos (race track) and logos (science), "logic of the barrel") refers to a 1977 by Paul Virilio (1932 to 2018) in speed and policies established trans-historical and trans-political research and vision of social to study relationships among special consideration of their relationship to speed . Technical history , media history , military science , urban studies , physics and metaphysics are used as auxiliary sciences .

Virilio sees speed as the hidden side of wealth and power and thus as a decisive factor that determines society. From this perspective, historical epochs and political events become speed ratios. In his opinion, speed destroys space and condenses time. This is the most disastrous phenomenon of the 20th century.

The so-called dromological standstill can be understood as a paradoxical effect of self-blockade. Two examples are:

  • People are becoming more and more mobile. Almost every German has a car, some families even two or three: you are stuck in a traffic jam.
  • Everyone has more and more telecommunications connections - but this does not necessarily make them easier to reach.

See also

literature

  • Paul Virilio: Speed ​​and Politics. An essay on dromology. Berlin: Merve 1989.
  • Ders .: Aesthetics of Disappearance. Berlin: Merve 1986.
  • Ders .: The vision machine. Berlin: Merve 1989.
  • Ders .: The conquest of the body - from superman to overexcited person. Munich: Hanser 1994.
  • Ders .: The negative horizon. Movement - speed - acceleration. Munich, Vienna: Hanser 1989.
  • Daniela Kloock : Aesthetics of Speed. Paul Virilio. In: Daniela Kloock, Angela Spahr: Media theories - an introduction. Munich: Fink 2000, pp. 133-165.

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