The American Robot

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  • The American Robot Book Detail

  • Author : Dustin A. Abnet
  • Release Date : 2020
  • Publisher :
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 385
  • ISBN 13 : 022669271X
  • File Size : 7,7 MB

The American Robot by Dustin A. Abnet PDF Summary

Book Description: "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"--

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