The Dizziness of Freedom
ed. by Juha van 't Zelfde ; with contr. by Simon Critchley, Vinay Gupta, Thomas Hirschhorn, China Miéville ...[et al.]
- Author(s)
- Simon Critchley, Vinay Gupta, Thomas Hirschhorn, China Miéville, … [et al.]
- Editor(s)
- Juha van 't Zelfde
- Publication
- Amsterdam : Valiz, 2013
- Scope
- 234 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789078088813
Constantly changing technology and growing communication networks give mankind ever more choices and options. However, every technological innovation has its counterpart: see this quote by Paul Virilio: ‘the innovation of the ship also meant a new form of shipwreck’. This imminent, hard to interpret threat evokes feelings of ‘dread’. Dread is an essential and potentially productive element of the human consciousness, and according to the contributors to this volume, a defining characteristic of the present-day condition humaine. Closely related to anxiety and fear, the concept of dread is associated with the ‘dizziness of freedom’, as proposed by Søren Kierkegaard in 1844.
- Person as subject
- James Bridle (UK), Alicia Framis, Trevor Paglen … [et al.]
- Keywords
- surveillance , sociology , fear
- Location
- Cabinet 11 - 4: Surveillance ; Veiligheid ; Angst
- Remarks
- Incl. Index.
