Sex Robots: The Future of Desire

✍ Scribed by Jason Lee (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 68
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book reveals that the way we perceive sex robots is how we perceive ourselves, overcoming the false human/non-human binary. From Greek myths, to the film Ex Machina, to Japanese technology, non-human sexuality has been at the heart of culture. In Sex Robots, the history of this culture is explored. This text sheds new light on what the sex robot represents and signifies, examining its philosophical implications within the context of today's society. This volume will be of interest to scholars of technology, cultural studies, the social sciences and philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-v
Robotic Evolution....Pages 1-17
Robot Culture....Pages 19-31
Further Science Fictions....Pages 33-46
Science Fact & Conclusion....Pages 47-62
Back Matter....Pages 63-65

✦ Subjects

Cultural Theory;Media and Communication;Robotics and Automation;Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics);Sexual Behavior;Philosophy of Technology