John Armitage
Biographic Data
| ID | 3634838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Armitage |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Armitage |
| SIGNATURE | ARMITAGE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southampton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Continental Philosophy of Luxury: Perfume, Superyachts and Videogames
A moment of luxury in eighteenth-century France: On Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing
The first section of this article offers a conceptual and historical narrative of luxury in eighteenth-century France, moving to an introduction to the main thrust of the eighteenth-century French philosophers of luxury Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jean-François de Saint-Lambert's endeavor to enhance the understanding of luxury. However, in the second section, attention is paid to the central theme of what I call “a moment of luxury” in eighteenth-c…
Luxury Philosophy
Luxury has been associated with superficiality, consumerism and meaninglessness throughout the history of serious philosophical thought.How could something so obviously about the external possibly be existentially significant or even a profound concept?Luxury Philosophycarves out alternative modes of understanding the luxurious arguing that the negative characterization by 18th- and 19th-century philosophers of luxury as dissatisfaction or as an …
New Media, The Information Bomb, and The Overexposed City: Paul Virilio contra Bernard Stiegler on Technology, Space, and Time
New media, defined by the internet and other postindustrial forms of telecommunication, is one of the best-known and most wide-ranging contemporary cultural and critical concepts. This article provides an accessible introduction to the French critic of the art of technology Paul Virilio’s writings on the new media of what Virilio calls ‘the information bomb’ and ‘the overexposed city’. Steering the reader through this crucial thinker’s often chal…
Rethinking haute couture: Julien Fournié in the virtual worlds of the metaverse
This article deals with the concept and practice of haute couture, of the designing and making of high-quality fashion clothes, and haute couture's contemporary engagement with the virtual worlds of the ‘metaverse’, a shared virtual environment that features online gaming and augmented reality. The article is an encounter with these virtual worlds, particularly as they are manifested in the haute couture of the French haute couturier Julian Fourn…
The pursuit of luxury as an act of transgression: Bataille, sovereignty, desire
Through concepts such as the act of transgression, the idea of the pursuit of luxury can be radically transformed by reconsidering the work of the French philosopher Georges Bataille on sovereignty and desire within contemporary culture. This article on the relations between transgression, luxury, sovereignty, and desire constitutes a reworking of Bataille's thought. Offering an exploration and development of the key notions which run through cur…
What Comes after Entanglement: Activism, Anthropocentrism, and an Ethics of Exclusion
Critical Luxury Studies: Art, Design, Media
This book presents an examination of the relations between historical and, crucially, contemporary ideas of luxury. The book provides a technocultural focus on aesthetic, design-led media practice with key case studies, including Hiroshi Sugimoto's Silk Shiki for Hermès, the plain white T-shirt, and Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LMVH). To understand luxury, the book considers the socio-cultural value and market price of luxury; the desire for luxu…
Terrorphone
Time, space, and the new media machine of the terrorphone
In this short article, the author is concerned with how the contemporary form of the telephone, a new media machine which was of deep-rooted significance for Marshall McLuhan, promotes our obsession with forms of shared participation and social implosion. The author argues that the form of the telephone involves a complex abolition of our sense of space, interwoven with unexpected socio-cultural effects, which then create new subjectivities as we…
Radicalizing Refamiliarization
In this short article, our aim is to consider contemporary American visual culture through a contribution to the question concerning Barack Obama. However, our article is not a work of academic philosophy, art theory, or even a description of the theoretical humanities. Rather, it is a postmodern meditation on the condition of American appropriation art
The Ignorance Economy 1
The purpose of this article is to investigate the concept of ignorance. The article employs ignorance and related writings on the lack of knowledge and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), education, and on the state of being ignorant with the aim of expounding an ignorant approach to the critique of the knowledge economy. This perspective necessitates a discussion of those subjects and objects apparently lacking in knowledge in…
On the eventuality of total destruction
Claude Parent (1923–) and Paul Virilio (1932–), two renowned French architects, urbanists, and, in the case of Virilio, philosopher of technology and cultural theorist, are both ‘war babies’, as Vi
From Discourse Networks to Cultural Mathematics: An Interview with Friedrich A. Kittler
Following a short discussion of the German philosopher Friedrich A. Kittler's biographical and intellectual formation, this interview introduces the reader to Kittler's theoretical efforts to develop our understanding of contemporary culture and society. However, the focus of the interview is on the core concepts of 'discourse networks', 'the military-industrial complex', and 'technology', arguably the three central themes of Kittler's work to da…
Envisioning the Homefront: Militarization, Tracking and Security Culture
As an artist and media theorist, Jordan Crandall is concerned primarily with conceptualizing the confluences of media technologies and computerized military programs for tracking, identifying and targeting. Influenced by the writings of Paul Virilio, Henri Bergson, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari on the visual, Crandall’s work shares similar concerns with that of Brian Massumi, Bruno Latour and Donna Haraway. These concerns are…
Beyond Hypermodern Militarized Knowledge Factories
This article is an intervention into and examination of hypermodern forms of militarization or what I call ‘hypermodern militarized knowledge factories,’ exemplified here by the increasingly milita
Are agile methods good for design
article Share on Are agile methods good for design? Author: John Armitage BusinessObjects SA BusinessObjects SAView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 11Issue 1January + February 2004 pp 14–23https://doi.org/10.1145/962342.962352Published:01 January 2004Publication History 20citation6,040DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations20Total Downloads6,040Last 12 Months650Last 6 weeks79 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has bee…
From user interface to über-interface: A Design Discipline Model for Digital Products
article Share on From user interface to über-interface: a design discipline model for digital products Author: John Armitage EC Wise Inc., Corte Madera, CA EC Wise Inc., Corte Madera, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 10Issue 3May + June 2003pp 18–29https://doi.org/10.1145/769759.769770Published:01 May 2003Publication History 0citation2,798DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations0Total Downloads2,798Last 12 Months79Last 6 weeks1 Get …
Militarized Bodies: An Introduction
Recently there has been an upsurge in the production, dispersal, encounters with and, therefore, interest in militarized bodies in continents as varied as Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Conspicuously evident is the escalation of
On Ernst Jünger's 'Total Mobilization: A Re-evaluation in the Era of the War on Terrorism
My hypoltheses concerning the United States led War on Terrorism are derived from the German novelist, critic and social theorist Ernst J ̧nger’s outstanding 1930 essay on ‘Total Mobilization’. Accordingly, this article explores J ̧nger’s ‘Total Mobilization’ and what I label the ‘totally mobilized body’ as the philosophical underpinning of the War on Terrorism from the perspective of my own conceptions of ‘ hypermodern total mobilization’, ‘glob…
State of Emergency: An Introduction
Virilio Live: Selected Interviews
This output introduces CARcentre activities that combine sociological content with fine art processes, and addresses the interdisciplinary opportunities afforded by the creation of the School of Arts and Social Sciences. Armitage, with a background in political theory, focuses his research on Paul Virilio, the French theorist of post-war military technology and space, and the relation of his work to contemporary fine art. The aim is to make Viril…
Industry briefs: Viant
article Share on Industry briefs: Viant Author: John Armitage Viant Corp., Viant Corp.,View Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 8Issue 2March 2001 pp 75–79https://doi.org/10.1145/361897.361926Online:01 March 2001Publication History 3citation527DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations3Total Downloads527Last 12 Months110Last 6 weeks5 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will …
Dromoeconomics: Towards a Political Economy of Speed
In this article we present an alternative theoretical perspective on contemporary cultural, political and economic practices in advanced countries. Like other articles in this issue of parallax, our focus is on conceptualising the economies of excess. However, our ideas do not draw on the writings of Georges Bataille in The Accursed Share, but principally on Virilio’s Speed & Politics: An Essay on Dromology and Marx’s Capital and the Grundrisse.4…
Economies of Excess
From Discourse Networks to Cultural Mathematics: An Interview with Friedrich A. Kittler
Following a short discussion of the German philosopher Friedrich A. Kittler's biographical and intellectual formation, this interview introduces the reader to Kittler's theoretical efforts to develop our understanding of contemporary culture and society. However, the focus of the interview is on the core concepts of 'discourse networks', 'the military-industrial complex', and 'technology', arguably the three central themes of Kittler's work to da…
State of Emergency: An Introduction
Beyond Hypermodern Militarized Knowledge Factories
This article is an intervention into and examination of hypermodern forms of militarization or what I call ‘hypermodern militarized knowledge factories,’ exemplified here by the increasingly milita
Militarized Bodies: An Introduction
Recently there has been an upsurge in the production, dispersal, encounters with and, therefore, interest in militarized bodies in continents as varied as Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Conspicuously evident is the escalation of
Accelerated aesthetics: Paul Virilio'sthe vision machine
1997). Accelerated aesthetics: Paul Virilio's the vision machine. Angelaki: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 199-209
Rethinking haute couture: Julien Fournié in the virtual worlds of the metaverse
This article deals with the concept and practice of haute couture, of the designing and making of high-quality fashion clothes, and haute couture's contemporary engagement with the virtual worlds of the ‘metaverse’, a shared virtual environment that features online gaming and augmented reality. The article is an encounter with these virtual worlds, particularly as they are manifested in the haute couture of the French haute couturier Julian Fourn…
The pursuit of luxury as an act of transgression: Bataille, sovereignty, desire
Through concepts such as the act of transgression, the idea of the pursuit of luxury can be radically transformed by reconsidering the work of the French philosopher Georges Bataille on sovereignty and desire within contemporary culture. This article on the relations between transgression, luxury, sovereignty, and desire constitutes a reworking of Bataille's thought. Offering an exploration and development of the key notions which run through cur…
Dromoeconomics: Towards a Political Economy of Speed
In this article we present an alternative theoretical perspective on contemporary cultural, political and economic practices in advanced countries. Like other articles in this issue of parallax, our focus is on conceptualising the economies of excess. However, our ideas do not draw on the writings of Georges Bataille in The Accursed Share, but principally on Virilio’s Speed & Politics: An Essay on Dromology and Marx’s Capital and the Grundrisse.4…
Economies of Excess
Ontological anarchy, the temporary autonomous zone, and the politics of cyberculture a critique of hakim bey
1999). Ontological anarchy, the temporary autonomous zone, and the politics of cyberculture a critique of hakim bey. Angelaki: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 115-128
The information bomb a conversation
On Ernst Jünger's 'Total Mobilization: A Re-evaluation in the Era of the War on Terrorism
My hypoltheses concerning the United States led War on Terrorism are derived from the German novelist, critic and social theorist Ernst J ̧nger’s outstanding 1930 essay on ‘Total Mobilization’. Accordingly, this article explores J ̧nger’s ‘Total Mobilization’ and what I label the ‘totally mobilized body’ as the philosophical underpinning of the War on Terrorism from the perspective of my own conceptions of ‘ hypermodern total mobilization’, ‘glob…
Accelerated aesthetics: Paul Virilio'sthe vision machine
1997). Accelerated aesthetics: Paul Virilio's the vision machine. Angelaki: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 199-209
Paul Virilio: A Select Bibliography
Paul Virilio: An Introduction
Into the War Zone
Book reviewed: The Virilio Reader, James Der Derian, ed
Dissecting the data body an interview with arthur and marilouise kroker
Ontological anarchy, the temporary autonomous zone, and the politics of cyberculture a critique of hakim bey
1999). Ontological anarchy, the temporary autonomous zone, and the politics of cyberculture a critique of hakim bey. Angelaki: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 115-128
The information bomb a conversation
The Theorist of Speed
Virilio Live: Selected Interviews
This output introduces CARcentre activities that combine sociological content with fine art processes, and addresses the interdisciplinary opportunities afforded by the creation of the School of Arts and Social Sciences. Armitage, with a background in political theory, focuses his research on Paul Virilio, the French theorist of post-war military technology and space, and the relation of his work to contemporary fine art. The aim is to make Viril…
Industry briefs: Viant
article Share on Industry briefs: Viant Author: John Armitage Viant Corp., Viant Corp.,View Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 8Issue 2March 2001 pp 75–79https://doi.org/10.1145/361897.361926Online:01 March 2001Publication History 3citation527DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations3Total Downloads527Last 12 Months110Last 6 weeks5 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will …
Dromoeconomics: Towards a Political Economy of Speed
In this article we present an alternative theoretical perspective on contemporary cultural, political and economic practices in advanced countries. Like other articles in this issue of parallax, our focus is on conceptualising the economies of excess. However, our ideas do not draw on the writings of Georges Bataille in The Accursed Share, but principally on Virilio’s Speed & Politics: An Essay on Dromology and Marx’s Capital and the Grundrisse.4…
Economies of Excess
State of Emergency: An Introduction
From user interface to über-interface: A Design Discipline Model for Digital Products
article Share on From user interface to über-interface: a design discipline model for digital products Author: John Armitage EC Wise Inc., Corte Madera, CA EC Wise Inc., Corte Madera, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 10Issue 3May + June 2003pp 18–29https://doi.org/10.1145/769759.769770Published:01 May 2003Publication History 0citation2,798DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations0Total Downloads2,798Last 12 Months79Last 6 weeks1 Get …
Militarized Bodies: An Introduction
Recently there has been an upsurge in the production, dispersal, encounters with and, therefore, interest in militarized bodies in continents as varied as Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Conspicuously evident is the escalation of
On Ernst Jünger's 'Total Mobilization: A Re-evaluation in the Era of the War on Terrorism
My hypoltheses concerning the United States led War on Terrorism are derived from the German novelist, critic and social theorist Ernst J ̧nger’s outstanding 1930 essay on ‘Total Mobilization’. Accordingly, this article explores J ̧nger’s ‘Total Mobilization’ and what I label the ‘totally mobilized body’ as the philosophical underpinning of the War on Terrorism from the perspective of my own conceptions of ‘ hypermodern total mobilization’, ‘glob…
Are agile methods good for design
article Share on Are agile methods good for design? Author: John Armitage BusinessObjects SA BusinessObjects SAView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 11Issue 1January + February 2004 pp 14–23https://doi.org/10.1145/962342.962352Published:01 January 2004Publication History 20citation6,040DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations20Total Downloads6,040Last 12 Months650Last 6 weeks79 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has bee…
Envisioning the Homefront: Militarization, Tracking and Security Culture
As an artist and media theorist, Jordan Crandall is concerned primarily with conceptualizing the confluences of media technologies and computerized military programs for tracking, identifying and targeting. Influenced by the writings of Paul Virilio, Henri Bergson, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari on the visual, Crandall’s work shares similar concerns with that of Brian Massumi, Bruno Latour and Donna Haraway. These concerns are…
Beyond Hypermodern Militarized Knowledge Factories
This article is an intervention into and examination of hypermodern forms of militarization or what I call ‘hypermodern militarized knowledge factories,’ exemplified here by the increasingly milita
From Discourse Networks to Cultural Mathematics: An Interview with Friedrich A. Kittler
Following a short discussion of the German philosopher Friedrich A. Kittler's biographical and intellectual formation, this interview introduces the reader to Kittler's theoretical efforts to develop our understanding of contemporary culture and society. However, the focus of the interview is on the core concepts of 'discourse networks', 'the military-industrial complex', and 'technology', arguably the three central themes of Kittler's work to da…
On the eventuality of total destruction
Claude Parent (1923–) and Paul Virilio (1932–), two renowned French architects, urbanists, and, in the case of Virilio, philosopher of technology and cultural theorist, are both ‘war babies’, as Vi
The Ignorance Economy 1
The purpose of this article is to investigate the concept of ignorance. The article employs ignorance and related writings on the lack of knowledge and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), education, and on the state of being ignorant with the aim of expounding an ignorant approach to the critique of the knowledge economy. This perspective necessitates a discussion of those subjects and objects apparently lacking in knowledge in…
Radicalizing Refamiliarization
In this short article, our aim is to consider contemporary American visual culture through a contribution to the question concerning Barack Obama. However, our article is not a work of academic philosophy, art theory, or even a description of the theoretical humanities. Rather, it is a postmodern meditation on the condition of American appropriation art
Time, space, and the new media machine of the terrorphone
In this short article, the author is concerned with how the contemporary form of the telephone, a new media machine which was of deep-rooted significance for Marshall McLuhan, promotes our obsession with forms of shared participation and social implosion. The author argues that the form of the telephone involves a complex abolition of our sense of space, interwoven with unexpected socio-cultural effects, which then create new subjectivities as we…
Terrorphone
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