L'Homme-Machine Et Ses Avatars: Entre Science, Philosophie Et Litterature (Xviie -Xxie Siecles)

Author:   Marc Atallah ,  Dominique Kunz Westerhoff
Publisher:   Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin
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Pages:   320
Publication Date:   17 January 2012
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English summary: In the context of the Galilean revolution, Descartes founded a mechanistic anthropology that has not ceased to redefine itself in view of the scientific discoveries and controversies that followed: the human machine was succeeded by electric man and cybernetic man. These avatars signify the constant reevaluation and development of an original metaphor: fertile and insufficient, heuristic and limited at the same time. This literary approach to the topic illuminates it in all its imaginary dimension: from talking automaton to cyborg, scientific innovation is inextricably linked to, if not indiscernible from, a creative explosion in fiction writing. French description: Dans le contexte de la revolution galileenne, Descartes a fonde une anthropologie mecaniste qui n'a cesse de se redefinir au fil des decouvertes scientifiques et des controverses qu'elle a suscitees: apres l'Homme-Machine, est venu l'Homme Electrique, puis l'Homme Cybernetique. Ces avatars signalent la constante reevaluation, la mesure toujours reprise d'une metaphore originaire, a la fois feconde et insuffisante, heuristique et limitee. Au carrefour des sciences humaines, des sciences et de l'ingenierie, il s'agit d'historiciser cette construction culturelle au long cours, jusqu'a la robotique bio-inspiree et a l'hybridation contemporaine du corps et de la technologie. L'approche litteraire en eclaire, elle, toute la dimension imaginaire: de l'automate parleur au cyborg, l'innovation scientifique est indissociable, sinon indiscernable, d'une saillance de la fiction. Fable philosophique, poesie scientifique, roman libertin, conte fantastique, theatre satirique, roman social ou science-fiction: ces differents genres font ainsi valoir la competence de la litterature pour penser la culture de l'homme-machine, et pour faire emerger le mecanique, le non-mecanique, ou l'anti-mecanique, comme autant de proces d'humanisation operes par la pratique symbolique.

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Author:   Marc Atallah ,  Dominique Kunz Westerhoff
Publisher:   Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin
Imprint:   Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9782711623495


ISBN 10:   2711623491
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   17 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Language:   French

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