
Enchanting Robots
Intimacy, Magic, and Technology
Maciej Musial(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 8. March 2019
Book
Hardback
XI, 159 pages
978-3-030-12578-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the "modern" world. As a foundation, the author examines arguments for and against intimate relationships with robots, particularly sex robots and care robots. Moreover, the book provides a consideration of human-robot interactions and philosophical reflections about robots through the lens of magic and magical thinking as well as theoretical and practical re-evaluations of their status and presence. Furthermore, the author discusses the abovementioned issues in the context of disenchantment and re-enchantment of the world, characterizing modernity as a coexistence of these two processes. The book closes with a consideration of future scenarios regarding the meaning of life in the age of rampant automation and the possibility that designing robots becomes a sortof new eugenics as a consequence of recognizing robots as persons.
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Series
Edition
2019 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung, 4 farbige Abbildungen
XI, 159 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-12578-3 (9783030125783)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-12579-0
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
02/2019
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€96.29
Available for download
Person
Maciej Musial, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He is interested in transformations of intimacy, new technologies and magical thinking.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction - Chapter 2. Robots Enchanting Humans - Chapter 3. Humans Enchanting Robots - Chapter 4. Disenchanting and Re-enchanting in Modernity - Chapter 5. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Where Will We Go from Here?