The Speed Handbook - Velocity, Pleasure, Modernism torrent

The Speed Handbook: Velocity, Pleasure, Modernism
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English | ISBN: 0822344424 | 2009 | 320 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley’s claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected nearly all aspects of modern culture. Primarily a result of the mass-produced automobile, the experience of speed became the quintessential way for individuals to experience modernity, to feel modernity in their bones.
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