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UNINA9911046663703321 |
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Autore |
Cohen Signe |
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Titolo |
I, yantra : exploring self and selflessness in ancient Indian robot tales / / Signe Cohen |
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Albany, NY : , : State University of New York Press, , [2024] |
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©2024 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tales - India - History and criticism |
Robots - India |
Robots in literature |
Robots - Religious aspects |
Technology and civilization |
Civilization, Ancient |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The History of Automata in the West -- Interlude -- Robots in the Royal Garden -- Body of Flesh, Body of Wood, Body of Stone -- Mechanical Gardens and a Craving for Flying Machines -- I, Yantra -- The Buddha, the Emperor, and the Killer Robot -- Interpreting Indian Robot Tales -- Chapter 31 of Bhoja's Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What does it mean to be human? I, Yantra examines ancient Indian narratives about robots and mechanically constructed beings to explore how their Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist authors approached this question. Making translations of many of these texts available in English for the first time, author Signe Cohen argues that they shed considerable light on South Asian religious notions of humanity, self, and agency. She also documents connections between ancient and modern responses to the ethical problems of what precisely constitutes a sentient being and what rights such a being should have. Situated at the intersection of |
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humanities and bioethics, this cross-disciplinary study will be of interest to scholars of South Asian languages and literature as well as specialists in religion and technology. |
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