Against Dead Time
@article{Russell2002AgainstDT, title={Against Dead Time}, author={Conrad Russell}, journal={Time \& Society}, year={2002}, volume={11}, pages={193 - 208} }
This article connects Virilio's critique of speed with Surrealist and Situationist writings attacking the homogeneous time of the commodity, which themselves echo Benjamin and Bergson. I suggest here that these authors can all be seen as taking a Romantic stance against the perceived reification and abstraction inherent in modernity and its dominant time. Further, they share a concern with interrupting modernity's homogeneous time, to usher in more authentic forms of duration. I suggest…
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