The Lotus and the Robot
Title | The Lotus and the Robot PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Koestler |
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Pages | 304 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Civilization |
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The Lotus and the Robot
Title | The Lotus and the Robot PDF eBook |
Author | KOESTLER |
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Pages | 314 |
Release | 1960 |
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The Lotus and the Robot
Title | The Lotus and the Robot PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Randolph Campbell |
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Release | 1961 |
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The lotus and the robot, with a new pref
Title | The lotus and the robot, with a new pref PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Koestler |
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Genre | Civilization |
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The Lotus and the Robot Danube Ed. with a New Preface by the Author
Title | The Lotus and the Robot Danube Ed. with a New Preface by the Author PDF eBook |
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Pages | 296 |
Release | 1966 |
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The American Robot
Title | The American Robot PDF eBook |
Author | Dustin A. Abnet |
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Pages | 385 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 022669271X |
"As Dustin Abnet shows, the robot-whether automaton, Mechanical Turk, cyborg, or iPhone, whether humanized machine or mechanized human being-has long been a fraught embodiment of human fears. Abnet investigates, moreover, how the discourse of the robot has reinforced social and economic inequalities as well as fantasies of social control. "Robots" as a trope are not necessarily mechanical but are rather embodiments of quasi humanity, exhibiting a mix of human and nonhuman characteristics. Such figures are troubling to dominant discourses, which cannot easily assimilate them or identify salient boundaries. The robot lurks beneath the fears that fracture society"--
The Lotus and the Robot
Title | The Lotus and the Robot PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Koestler |
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Pages | |
Release | 1966 |
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