Beyond Mimesis: Aesthetic Experience in Uncanny Valleys by James Tobias Hardcove

Description: Beyond Mimesis by James Tobias, Dieter Mersch, Jörg Sternagel Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book gathers an interdisciplinary group of thinkers to ask if intersubjective acts of relating can be transferred to artificial beings without remainder. Using the uncanny valley model developed by Masahiro Mori, this significant contribution to performance philosophy pre... Publisher Description Providing a solid media-philosophical groundwork, Beyond Mimesis contributes to the theory of mimesis and alterity in performance philosophy while serving to stimulate and inspire future inquiries where studies in media and art intersect with philosophy. It collects a wide range of philosophical and artistic thinkers work to develop an exacting framework with clear movement beyond mimesis in aesthetic experiences in uncanny valleys. Together, the chapters ask if intersubjective acts of relating that are defined by alterity, responsivity or witness and trust can be transferred to artificial beings without remainder. The proposed framework uses a particularly fruitful theoretical model for this inquiry known as the "uncanny valley"—a fictitious schema developed in 1970 by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori. According to Mori, artificial beings or animated dolls become more eerie to us the more "humanlike" they appear. The models utility requires distinguishing between visual media and real life, but in general, it suggests that there is a fundamental incommensurability between people and artificial beings that cannot be ignored. This necessitates that all-too realistic representations as well as fictional encounters with artificial beings do not transgress certain limits. According to Mori, it is an ethical imperative of their design that they evidence a certain degree of dissimilarity with people. This notion seems especially applicable to artistic projects in which animated dolls or robots make explicit their "doll-ness" or "robot-ness" and thus inscribe a moment of reflexivity into the relations they establish.List of contributors: Carolin Bebek, Nadja Ben Khelifa, Misha Choudry, Elena Dorfman, Nicole Kuuleinapuananiolikoawapuhimelemeleolani Furtado, Stephan GÜnzel, Simon Makhali, Dieter Mersch, Grant Palmer, Jörg Sternagel, Anna Suchard, James Tobias, Allison de Fren. Author Biography Jörg Sternagel is a scholar in media studies with a focus on media philosophy at the Universities of Konstanz and Passau. James Tobias is associate professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Riverside. Dieter Mersch is Professor Emeritus for philosophical aesthetics at ZÜrcher Hochschule der KÜnste. Details ISBN 1538171791 ISBN-13 9781538171790 Title Beyond Mimesis Author James Tobias, Dieter Mersch, Jörg Sternagel Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 226 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield GE_Item_ID:159163195; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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