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"Now There's No Difference": Artificial Subjectivity As A Posthuman Negotiation Of Hegel's Master/Slave Dialectic, Casey J. Mccormick
"Now There's No Difference": Artificial Subjectivity As A Posthuman Negotiation Of Hegel's Master/Slave Dialectic, Casey J. Mccormick
English Theses
This thesis examines the theme of robot rebellion in SF narrative as an incarnation of Hegel’s Master/Slave dialectic. Chapter one analyzes the depiction of robot rebellion in Karel Capek’s R.U.R. Chapter two surveys posthuman theory and offers close readings of two contemporary SF television series that exemplify ontologically progressive narratives. The thesis concludes that posthuman subjectivity sublates the Master/Slave dialectic and encourages practical posthuman ethics.
The Role Of Poetry And Language In Hegel's Philosophy Of Art, Daniel Griffin
The Role Of Poetry And Language In Hegel's Philosophy Of Art, Daniel Griffin
Philosophy Theses
Hegel's view of poetry clarifies the overall role of language in his system and allows him to makes sense of a difficult linguistic issue: how to distinguish between poetry and prose. For Hegel, this distinction is crucial because it illuminates the different ways poetry and prose allow us to understand ourselves as members of an ethical community. In this paper, I argue, using Hegel, that the distinction between poetry and prose can only properly be understood in terms of their fundamentally different kinds of content instead of in terms of any formal differences between the two. Then, I address an …