Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Lotus and the Robot
Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Lotus and the Robot
The Lotus and the Robot
Author: Laurence Randolph Campbell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The lotus and the robot, with a new pref
Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Lotus and the Robot Danube Ed. with a New Preface by the Author
The American Robot
Author: Dustin A. Abnet
Publisher:
ISBN: 022669271X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"As Dustin Abnet shows, the robot-whether automaton, Mechanical Turk, cyborg, or iPhone, whether humanized machine or mechanized human being-has long been a fraught embodiment of human fears. Abnet investigates, moreover, how the discourse of the robot has reinforced social and economic inequalities as well as fantasies of social control. "Robots" as a trope are not necessarily mechanical but are rather embodiments of quasi humanity, exhibiting a mix of human and nonhuman characteristics. Such figures are troubling to dominant discourses, which cannot easily assimilate them or identify salient boundaries. The robot lurks beneath the fears that fracture society"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 022669271X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"As Dustin Abnet shows, the robot-whether automaton, Mechanical Turk, cyborg, or iPhone, whether humanized machine or mechanized human being-has long been a fraught embodiment of human fears. Abnet investigates, moreover, how the discourse of the robot has reinforced social and economic inequalities as well as fantasies of social control. "Robots" as a trope are not necessarily mechanical but are rather embodiments of quasi humanity, exhibiting a mix of human and nonhuman characteristics. Such figures are troubling to dominant discourses, which cannot easily assimilate them or identify salient boundaries. The robot lurks beneath the fears that fracture society"--
Shots in the Dark
Author: Shoji Yamada
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022678424X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, Shoji Yamada uncovers the surprising role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel’s Zen in the Art of Archery and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden. Yamada shows how both became facile conduits for exporting and importing Japanese culture. First published in German in 1948 and translated into Japanese in 1956, Herrigel’s book popularized ideas of Zen both in the West and in Japan. Yamada traces the prewar history of Japanese archery, reveals how Herrigel mistakenly came to understand it as a traditional practice, and explains why the Japanese themselves embraced his interpretation as spiritual discipline. Turning to Ryoanji, Yamada argues that this epitome of Zen in fact bears little relation to Buddhism and is best understood in relation to Chinese myth. For much of its modern history, Ryoanji was a weedy, neglected plot; only after its allegorical role in a 1949 Ozu film was it popularly linked to Zen. Westerners have had a part in redefining Ryoanji, but as in the case of archery, Yamada’s interest is primarily in how the Japanese themselves have invested this cultural site with new value through a spurious association with Zen.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022678424X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, Shoji Yamada uncovers the surprising role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel’s Zen in the Art of Archery and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden. Yamada shows how both became facile conduits for exporting and importing Japanese culture. First published in German in 1948 and translated into Japanese in 1956, Herrigel’s book popularized ideas of Zen both in the West and in Japan. Yamada traces the prewar history of Japanese archery, reveals how Herrigel mistakenly came to understand it as a traditional practice, and explains why the Japanese themselves embraced his interpretation as spiritual discipline. Turning to Ryoanji, Yamada argues that this epitome of Zen in fact bears little relation to Buddhism and is best understood in relation to Chinese myth. For much of its modern history, Ryoanji was a weedy, neglected plot; only after its allegorical role in a 1949 Ozu film was it popularly linked to Zen. Westerners have had a part in redefining Ryoanji, but as in the case of archery, Yamada’s interest is primarily in how the Japanese themselves have invested this cultural site with new value through a spurious association with Zen.
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811205702
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"This is quintessential Merton."--The Catholic Review.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811205702
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"This is quintessential Merton."--The Catholic Review.
The Lotus and the Robot
Ultra Top Secret Robot Dinosaur Blueprints
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997567328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Ultra Top Secret Robot Dinosaur Blueprints is a dinosaur fact and picture book for kids that adults will love too. It has real dinosaur facts combined with a fictitious theme. It profiles 25 different dinosaurs including their basic details with stunning full-page illustrations.This book is perfect for anyone that loves dinosaurs, robots or just cool books. It's fun for kids to look at and learn the basics of the most common dinosaurs. And because the book is designed as a "folder of top secret documents", it's also great for imaginative play. Although it was created with kids in mind, adults are going to love too.Each dinosaur profile includes a detailed full-page image of the dinosaur, its basic facts, front view, top view, side view and size comparison for reference.Each robot blueprint page is filled with humorous sci-fi technobabble and sprinkled with movie references from the past 30 years so there's something for everyone.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997567328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Ultra Top Secret Robot Dinosaur Blueprints is a dinosaur fact and picture book for kids that adults will love too. It has real dinosaur facts combined with a fictitious theme. It profiles 25 different dinosaurs including their basic details with stunning full-page illustrations.This book is perfect for anyone that loves dinosaurs, robots or just cool books. It's fun for kids to look at and learn the basics of the most common dinosaurs. And because the book is designed as a "folder of top secret documents", it's also great for imaginative play. Although it was created with kids in mind, adults are going to love too.Each dinosaur profile includes a detailed full-page image of the dinosaur, its basic facts, front view, top view, side view and size comparison for reference.Each robot blueprint page is filled with humorous sci-fi technobabble and sprinkled with movie references from the past 30 years so there's something for everyone.