Ctheory >>
Kathy Acker
Mark Amerika
Jean Baudrillard
Marilouise Kroker
Paul Virilio
CTHEORY is an international journal of theory, technology, and culture edited
by noted hypercritics Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (aka The Krokers). The site
contains many links to published articles, event-scenes, and reviews of key
books and features writers as diverse as Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Kathy
Acker, Mark Amerika, and Critical Arts Ensemble.
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[Intro] "Resistance is always possible! But we must engage in
resistance first of all by developing the idea of a technological culture.
However, at the present time, this idea is grossly underdeveloped. For
example, we have developed an artistic and a literary culture. Nevertheless,
the ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore
outside of popular culture and the practical ideals of democracy. This is also
why society as a whole has no control over technological developments. And
this is one of the gravest threats to democracy in the near future. It is,
then, imperative to develop a democratic technological culture. Even among the
elite, in government circles, technological culture is somewhat deficient. I
could give examples of cabinet ministers, including defense ministers, who
have no technological culture at all. In other words, what I am suggesting is
that the hype generated by the publicity around the Internet and so on is not
counter balanced by a political intelligence that is based on a technological
culture."
Paul Virilio
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