The rest of the time

Authors

  • Paul Virilio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1999.10.3029

Keywords:

Communication, philosophy, time

Abstract

There are generations of the real as there are demographic or cultural generations. Reality is never given beforehand, but acquired, generated by the development of societies. Even if the stone remains stone, even if the mountain continues in its place, the way of capturing reality varies with the evolution of knowledge. Here, as in other domains, we are no longer in the absolute space and time of Newton and some more, but in the space-time of general relativity. Incessantly our species derives from one generation of reality to another, through a movement of derealization that has two main phases: a phase of simulation of reality, relative to the field of philosophical, scientific or artistic representations; And a phase, usually not perceived, of substitution, in which the real of the preceding generation gives way to that of the new.

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Author Biography

Paul Virilio

Filósofo, urbanista francês, arquiteto, polemista, pesquisador e autor de vários livros sobre as tecnologias da comunicação.

Published

2008-04-10

How to Cite

Virilio, P. (2008). The rest of the time. Revista FAMECOS, 6(10), 57–61. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1999.10.3029

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Essay