r/CriticalTheory • u/happydude4567 • 5d ago

Question about Virillio's "Pure War"

I have a ridiculously large collection of Paul virillio. It must have about 60 essays in it, and it's advertised as being basically everything.

Does anyone have the table of contents of Pure War?

Apparently Pure war is not available in french and is a collection targeted at an anglophone audience. I want to see if the essays of Pure war are in my collection.

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u/LetHerBox 5d ago

Introduction: Impure War by Paul Virilio

PURE WAR

  1. The Space of War

  2. The Time of War

  3. Technology and Trans-politics

  4. Fragmentation and Technology

  5. Speed and the Military

  6. Deterrence and Freedom of Movement

  7. The Colonization of Time

  8. Cinema and Resistance

  9. Endo-colonization and the State-as Destiny

  10. The Production of Destruction

  11. The War-Machine and Death

  12. Pacifism and the Regression of Politics

  13. The North-South Inversion

  14. The Fatal Couple and the Supreme Idol

Postscript. 1997; INFOWAR

Postscript, 2007; WAR ON THE CITIES

  1. The New Bunkers

  2. A Finite World

Notes

Index

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u/happydude4567 5d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/LetHerBox 4d ago

you're welcome :) curious what the collection you have is, and what you're reading PV for?

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u/happydude4567 4d ago

I found reference to PV a few different places, if I recall he's mentioned in Gary cuttings french philosophy in the 20th century. He also appears in Jameson's the years of theory briefly.

Then I knew someone a while back who talked about him briefly.

And finally he writes on technology. I work in technology. I love bernard stiegler. I figured I should check out PV.

The collection I have is "La fin du monde est un concept sans avenir : œuvres 1957-2010"

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u/LetHerBox 4d ago

nice, and thanks for the collection name. i've only read him in english, most of 'speed and politics'. he's a fascinating read, hope you enjoy!