The Italian philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato reveals the underpinnings of contemporary subjectivity in the aesthetics and politics of mass media. This book discloses the conceptual groundwork of Lazzarato's thought as a whole for a time when his writings have become increasingly influential.

Lazzarato's Political Onto- aesthetics, by Jay Hetrick
Introduction
1. The War Machine of the Kino-Eye and the Kinoki Against the Spectacle
2. Bergson and Machines That Crystallize Time
3. Video, Flows, and Real Time
4. Bergson and Synthetic Images
5. Nietzsche and Technologies of Simulation
6. The Economy of Affective Forces
7. The Concept of Collective Perception
Afterword: Videophilosophy Now-an Interview with Maurizio Lazzarato
Notes
Index

Maurizio Lazzarato. Edited and translated by Jay Hetrick.