Light-time

is not the extensive duration of past, present and future but is 'intensive' in so far as it is constituted in the instant in which phenomena are exposed to light and made visible as such.

Light-time is not the extensive duration of past, present and future but is 'intensive' in so far as it is constituted in the instant in which phenomena are exposed to light and made visible as such. Care needs to be taken to differentiate Virilio's dromological concepts from scientific concepts. Virilio's dromological discourse is also written in a singular style which adapts itself to the theoretical perspective of dromology more generally.

is an experience of temporality determined by the manner in which phenomena are illuminated in the instant of their exposure to light.

The dromosphere describes the sphere of speeds relative to the speed of light and as such represents the space of visibility or appearance itself in so far as it is both illuminated and limited by the passage of light. Light-time describes an experience of temporality determined by the manner in which phenomena are illuminated in the instant of their exposure to light.

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light time