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UNINA9910814834303321 |
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Autore |
Hampton Gregory Jerome <1968-> |
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Imagining slaves and robots in literature, film, and popular culture : reinventing yesterday's slave with tomorrow's robot / / Gregory Jerome Hampton |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (115 p.) |
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Technology - Social aspects |
Technology in popular culture |
Slavery - Social aspects |
Slavery in art |
Androids - Social aspects |
Androids in art |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : Reading the writing on the wall -- Racing robots and making slaves : how the past informs the future -- Proslavery thought and the black robot : selling household appliances to Southern belles -- The true cult of humanhood : displacing repressed sexuality onto mechanical bodies -- The tragic mulatto and the android : imitations of life in literature and on the silver screen -- AI (artificial identity) : the new negro -- From Fritz Lang to Janelle Monae : black robots singing and dancing -- Conclusion : When the revolution comes. |
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Imagining Slaves and Robots in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture: Reinventing Yesterday's Slave with Tomorrow's Robot is an interdisciplinary study that seeks to investigate and speculate about the relationship between technology and human nature through popular culture. Imagining Slaves and Robots in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture seeks to gain a better understanding of how slaves are created and justified in the imaginations of a supposedly civilized nation. It is a timely and creative analysis of the ways in which we domesticate |
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technology and the manner in which the history of s |
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UNINA9910373952103321 |
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Autore |
Tomasi David Låg |
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Critical Neuroscience and Philosophy : A Scientific Re-Examination of the Mind-Body Problem / / by David Låg Tomasi |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Critical psychology |
Neurosciences |
Philosophy of mind |
Cognitive psychology |
Critical Psychology |
Philosophy of Mind |
Cognitive Psychology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The Exact Science of the Hard Matter -- 3. Between Psyche and Mind -- 4. Medicine on, of, and off the Brain.-5. Brain, Culture, Society -- 6. Perception and Cognition -- 7. Conclusion: Philosophy as Basic Approach Toward Neuroscience. |
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This book presents an analysis of the correlation between the mind and the body, a complex topic of study and discussion by scientists and philosophers. Drawing largely on neuroscience and philosophy, the author utilizes the scientific method and incorporates lessons learned from a vast array of sources. Based on the most recent cutting-edge scientific discoveries on the Mind-Body problem, Tomasi presents a full examination of multiple fields related to neuroscience. The volume offers a scientist-based and student-friendly journey into medicine, |
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psychology, artificial intelligence, embodied cognition, and social, ecological and anthropological models of perception, to discover our truest self. |
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