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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781216403321

Autore

Pettman Dominic

Titolo

Human error [[electronic resource] ] : species-being and media machines / / Dominic Pettman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8166-7699-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Posthumanities ; ; 14

Classificazione

08.36

Disciplina

128

Soggetti

Philosophical anthropology

Animals (Philosophy)

Technology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography/videography.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the human element -- Bear life : tracing an opening in grizzly man -- Zooicide : animal love and human justice -- After the beep : answering machines and creaturely life -- The war on terra : from political economy to libidinal ecology -- Conclusion : human remains.

Sommario/riassunto

What exactly is the human element separating humans from animals and machines? The common answers that immediately come to mind--like art, empathy, or technology--fall apart under close inspection. Dominic Pettman argues that it is a mistake to define such rigid distinctions in the first place, and the most decisive ""human error"" may be the ingrained impulse to understand ourselves primarily in contrast to our other worldly companions. In ""Human Error,"" Pettman describes the three sides of the cybernetic triangle--human, animal, and machine--as a rubric for understanding key figures, texts