Androids in the Enlightenment Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self

Name: Androids in the Enlightenment Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self
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ISBN: 9780226034027

ISBN-10: 022603402X

ISBN-13: 9780226034027

Edition: 2013

Authors: Adelheid Voskuhl

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The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1735 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. Designed to perform sophisticated activities such as writing, drawing, or music making, these “Enlightenment automata” have attracted continuous critical attention from the time they were made to the present, often as harbingers of the modern industrial age, an era during which human bodies and souls supposedly became mechanized. InAndroids in the Enlightenment, Adelheid Voskuhlinvestigates two such automata—both depicting…

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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/31/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.92" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



Introduction: Androids, Enlightenment, and the Human-Machine Boundary



The Harpsichord-Playing Android; or, Clock-Making in Switzerland



The Dulcimer-Playing Android; or, Furniture-Making in the Rhineland



The Design of the Mechanics; or, Sentiments Replicated in Clockwork



Poetic Engagement with Piano-Playing Women Automata



The "Enlightenment Automaton" in the Modern Industrial Age


Conclusion


Bibliography


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