BUNKER ARCHAEOLOGY

Paul Virilio

In Bunker Archeology, urban philosopher and cultural theorist Paul Virilio turns his attention—and camera—to the ominous yet strangely compelling German bunkers from WWII that lie abandoned on the coast of France. These ghostly reminders of destruction and oppression prompt Virilio to consider the nature of war and existence, in relation to both the Second World War and contemporary times. This is the first English-language translation of the 1975 French edition that accompanied the exhibition of Paul Virilio's photographs at the Pompidou Center.

2008 / 352 pp / 800 ill. / 978-1-85669-562-6 / pb / $45.00