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Against automation mythologies : business science fiction and the ruse of the robots /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ramirez, J. Jesse (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Subjects:
Automation > Social aspects.
Robots in literature.
Science fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: On Technoclasm
  • Chapter Overview
  • Notes
  • Part I Business Science Fiction
  • Chapter 1 Future Expectations
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2 "Harbingers of the Robot Age"
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 The Terminator, or The Automation Fetish
  • Notes
  • Part II Original Automation
  • Chapter 4 When Farmers Lost Their "Jobs"
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5 Techno-republicanism
  • Notes
  • Part III Disenchanted Objects
  • Chapter 6 The Misadventures of Baxter and Sawyer
  • Notes
  • Chapter 7 Amazon, or Automated Taylorism
  • Notes
  • Chapter 8 Uber is a Science Fiction
  • Notes
  • Chapter 9 The Smart Home: Still More Work for Mother
  • Notes
  • Chapter 10 Care Robots
  • Notes
  • Chapter 11 Watson, Champion of White Jeopardy!
  • Notes
  • Conclusion: Reification and Utopia in Automation
  • Index