New interdisciplinary perspectives on and beyond autonomy / / edited by Christopher Watkin and Oliver Davis.
"What does 'autonomy' mean today? Is the Enlightenment understanding of autonomy still relevant for contemporary challenges? How have the limits and possibilities of autonomy been transformed by recent developments in artificial intelligence and big data, political pressures, intersec...
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Superior document: | Warwick series in the humanities |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, New York ;, London : : Routledge,, 2022. ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Warwick series in the humanities.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages). |
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Summary: | "What does 'autonomy' mean today? Is the Enlightenment understanding of autonomy still relevant for contemporary challenges? How have the limits and possibilities of autonomy been transformed by recent developments in artificial intelligence and big data, political pressures, intersecting oppressions and the climate emergency? The challenges to autonomy today reach across society with unprecedented complexity, and in this book leading scholars from philosophy, economics, linguistics, literature and politics examine the role of autonomy in key areas of contemporary life, forcefully defending a range of different views about the nature and extent of resistance to autonomy today. These essays are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the predicament and prospects of one of modernity's foundational concepts and one of our most widely cherished values"-- |
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ISBN: | 1003331785 100081162X |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Christopher Watkin and Oliver Davis. |