Hello, I am Himanshi Parmar, student of MK Bhavnagar University. This blog i have written as a response to Thinking Activity, Which is a Part of my academic Work. Which we get after each unit. In this blog, i am going to discuss about The Culture of Speed and the counterculture of Slow Movement.
About Paul Virilio
Paul Virilio was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher. Born on 4 January 1932, Paris, France and died on 10 September 2018, Paris, France.He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military.
He was trained as an artist at the Ecole des Metiers d’Art, which led him to an early career working with Henri-Emile-Benoît Matisse on stained glass windows in several Paris churches. Virilio later attended lectures in phenomenology by Maurice Merleau-Ponty at the Sorbonne as well as studied architecture there. He converted to Christianity in 1950 and fought in the Algerian War. phenomenology, in particular the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, and Edmund Husserl. Two other evident influences on his work are the Italian futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Albert Einstein.
The latest works by Paul Virilio focus on technoscientific questions regarding the relation between humans and technology, which he has elaborated into concepts such as “transplant revolution,” “the third,” and “polar inertia.” The influence of the technoscientific writings of physicist Albert Einstein can be seen in the concept of polar inertia. His book Polar Inertia (2000) explores the ways in which real space has been supplanted by real time due to the advances of electro-optical transmission technology.
What is Culture?
According to the Oxford Dictionary, “Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively”.
2} “Culture is the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society”.
The 19th-century English anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in the first paragraph of his Primitive Culture (1871) gave the definition of culture. For him, “Culture . . . is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.”
Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music and is different all over the world.Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Thus culture is considered as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization. Thus, culture can be seen as the growth of a group identity fostered by social patterns unique to the group.
There are many countries Like US, India, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, China etc that are world famous for their rich culture, Their customs, tradition, food, music, and art. That led many tourists to visit the place.The word "culture" derives from a French term, which in turn derives from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nurture, according to Arthur Asa Berger(opens in new tab). De Rossi said that,
"It shares its etymology with a number of other words related to actively fostering growth."
Paul Virilio and Hyper-modernism/ The Culture of Speed
Paul Virilio is one of the most significant French cultural theorists writing today. Increasingly hailed as the inventor of concepts such as 'dromology' (the 'science' of speed), Virilio is renowned for his declaration that the logic of acceleration lies at the heart of the organization and transformation of the modern world. However, Virilio's thought remains much misunderstood by many postmodern cultural theorists.
In this article, and supporting the ground-breaking work of Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, It shall evaluate the contribution of Virilio's writings by suggesting that they exist beyond the terms of postmodernism and that they should be conceived of as a contribution to the emerging debate over 'hypermodernism'.Dromos is an Ancient Greek noun for race or racetrack, which Virilio applied the activity of racing. It is with this meaning in mind that he coined the term 'dromology', which he defined as the "science (or logic) of speed“. Dromology is important when considering the structuring of society in relation to warfare and modern media. He noted that the speed at which something happens may change its essential nature, and that which moves with speed quickly comes to dominate that which is slower. 'Whoever controls the territory possesses it. Possession of territory is not primarily about laws and contracts, but first and foremost a matter of movement and circulation.'
What is slow movement culture?
The slow movement (sometimes capitalised Slow movement or Slow Movement) advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace. It began with Carlo Petrini's protest against the opening of a McDonald's restaurant in Piazza di Spagna, Rome in 1986 that sparked the creation of the slow food movement.Speaker and journalist Carl Honoré, the author of “In Praise of Slow” and three other books defining and advocating for the "Slow Movement," believes we should have more focus on living each moment to the fullest and putting quality before quantity in many aspects of life.
When Our obsession with speed “has reached the point of absurdity," says Carl Honoré, author of the "Slow Movement."If we could just slow down our lives, they would be a whole lot better.Hoda Kotb and guest host Maria Shriver, who was filling in for Jenna Bush Hager on her maternity leave, dedicated Friday's edition of "Hoda and Jenna" to talking about the beneficial effects of slowing it down.
"We don't have a culture that just says it's OK to rest in this moment,'' Maria said. "It's so good for your entire health."
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