Texts for KASK seminar ‘Frank with Frankenstein’ 2018-2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1: introduction (February 8)<\/strong> 2: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (February 15)<\/strong> Elizabeth Nitchie (1953), “Mary Shelley, Author of ‘Frankenstein'”, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. We will focus on Chapter 3 of Baldick and the Stage History of Frankenstein. The plot summary is handy to read if you have not read the original Frankenstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3:\nAn Example of Transhumanism in the Wild (February 22)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hans Moravec (1988), “Mind Children, The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence”, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. We will focus on Chapter 4. Chapter 6 is for the courageous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4:\nTechnology is an Unstoppable Force that Will Eat Everything (March 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jacques Ellul (1964). “The Technological Society”. New York: Vintage Books. 5:\nTechnological Logic is a Social Logic that is Well Hidden (March 8)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n David Noble (1984). “Forces of Production, A Social History of Industrial Automation”, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 6:\nFrankenstein as a Parable about Humans and Technology (March 15)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Langdon\nWinner (1977). “Autonomous Technology: Technics-out-of-Control\nas a Theme in Political Thought.” Boston: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 7, “Complexity and the Loss of Agency”, pp. 279-305 7:\nPosthumanism: We are all Monsters <\/strong>(March 29)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n N. Katherine Hayles (2017). “Unthought, The Power of the Cognitive Unconscious.” University of Chicago Press. 8:\nOn the Difficulty of Distinguishing Between Humans and Nonhumans\n<\/strong>(April <\/strong>5<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bruno Latour (2017). “Facing Gaia, Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime”, Cambridge: Polity Press. Texts for KASK seminar ‘Frank with Frankenstein’ 2018-2019 1: introduction (February 8)overview of texts – planning of sessions – \u2018Dialogues with Machines\u2019 research project 2: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (February 15)Chris Baldick (1987), “In Frankenstein’s Shadow; Myth, Monstrosity and Nineteenth-century Writing”, Oxford: Clarendon Press.Chapter 3, “The Monster Speaks”, pp. 30-62Appendix, “The Plot of Frankenstein Summarized”, pp. … Continue reading texts<\/span>
overview of texts – planning of sessions – \u2018Dialogues with Machines\u2019 research project<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Baldick (1987), “In Frankenstein’s Shadow; Myth, Monstrosity and Nineteenth-century Writing”, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Chapter 3, “The Monster Speaks”, pp. 30-62
Appendix, “The Plot of Frankenstein Summarized”, pp. 199-204<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Appendix IV, “The Stage History of Frankenstein”, pp. 218-231
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Chapter 4, “Grandfather Clause”, pp. 100-124
Chapter 6, “Breakout”, pp. 147-159<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(originally published as: Jacques Ellul (1954). La Technique: L\u2019Enjeu du si\u00e8cle. Paris: Armand Colin.)
Part of Chapter 2, “Characteristics of Modern Technique”, pp. 79-116.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the Preface, pp. xi-xv
parts of Chapter 7, “The Road not Taken”, pp. 144-152 and pp. 190-192
parts of the Epilogue, “Another Look at Progress”, pp. 324-326 and pp. 333-353<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chapter 8, “Frankenstein’s Problem” pp. 306-335<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prologue, “Transforming How We See The World”, pp. 1-5
Chapter 5, “Cognitive Assemblages: Technical Agency and Human Interactions”, pp. 115-141<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second Lecture, “How not to (de-)animate Nature”, pp. 56-95
(these are ebook pages)
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