Artificial life after Frankenstein
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021].
ISBN
9780812252743, 0812252748
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Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021].
Format
Book
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xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780812252743, 0812252748
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"This book looks at the many genres of science fiction (literature, television, film, etc.) to examine ways in which people have grappled with their fears of technology"--,Provided by publisher.
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"What are the obligations of humanity to the artificial creatures we make? And what are the corresponding rights of those creatures, whether they are learning machines or genetically modified organisms? In seeking ways to respond to these questions, so vital for our age of genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, we would do well to turn to the capacious mind and imaginative genius of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851). Shelley's novels Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) and The Last Man (1826) precipitated a modern political strain of science fiction concerned with the ethical dilemmas that arise when we make artificial life-and make life artificial-through science, technology, and other forms of cultural change. In Artificial Life After Frankenstein, Eileen Hunt Botting puts Shelley and several classics of modern political science fiction into dialogue with contemporary political science and philosophy, in order to challenge some of the apocalyptic fears at the fore of twenty-first-century political thought on AI and genetic engineering. Focusing on the prevailing myths that artificial forms of life will end the world, destroy nature, and extinguish love, Botting shows how Shelley modeled ways to break down and transform the meanings of apocalypse, nature, and love in the face of widespread and deep-seated fear about the power of technology and artifice to undermine the possibility of humanity, community, and life itself. Through their explorations of these themes, Mary Shelley and authors of modern political science fiction from H. G. Wells to Nnedi Okorafor have paved the way for a techno-political philosophy of living with the artifice of humanity in all of its complexity. In Artificial Life After Frankenstein, Botting brings the insights born of Shelley's legacy to bear upon the ethics and politics of making artificial life and intelligence in the twenty-first century."--Book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hunt, E. M. (2021). Artificial life after Frankenstein . University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hunt, Eileen M., 1971-. 2021. Artificial Life After Frankenstein. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hunt, Eileen M., 1971-. Artificial Life After Frankenstein University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hunt, Eileen M. Artificial Life After Frankenstein University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.
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