Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures

(Part of the Perverse Modernities Series)

by Kalindi Vora and Neda Atanasoski

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In Surrogate Humanity Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora trace the ways in which robots, artificial intelligence, and other technologies serve as surrogates for human workers within a labor system entrenched in racial capitalism and patriarchy. Analyzing myriad technologies, from sex robots and military drones to sharing-economy platforms, Atanasoski and Vora show how liberal structures of antiblackness, settler colonialism, and patriarchy are...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1478003863

ISBN13:9781478003861

Release Date:March 2019

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures

(Part of the Perverse Modernities Series)

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