While secondary texts on Paul Virilio typically see no way out of the tempo- and techno-dystopia he articulates, Occupy Time engages the events of Occupy Wall Street to fix attention on what such readings circumvent: Virilio's elusive theory of resistance.

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"Profound and challenging." - Michael J. Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii, USA

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Grand Valley State University, USA

Jason M. Adams

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Jason Adams is Professor of Communication at Grand Valley State University, USA, following a visiting position at Williams College, USA. He received a doctorate in Media & Communication from European Graduate School, Switzerland, and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Hawaii, USA. His most recent book is the co-edited volume Deleuze and Race (2013).

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Book Title: Occupy Time
Book Subtitle: Technoculture, Immediacy, and Resistance after Occupy Wall Street
Authors: Jason M. Adams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137275592
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-27558-5Published: 22 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-27559-2Published: 22 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 122
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, European Politics, Political Theory, Political Science, Terrorism and Political Violence

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction: Kairopolitics: The Politics of Realtime

Thought-Time: Immediacy and Live Theory

Control-Time: Immediacy and Constant Capitalism

Conclusion: Defense-Time: Immediacy and Realtime Resistance

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