Digital Stimulation, 9780755639823
Paperback
Intimacy redefined: Humans, machines, and the blurring lines of connection.

Digital Stimulation

fascination, familiarity, and fantasy in human relationships with robots

$43.50

  • Paperback

    248 pages

  • Release Date

    30 October 2024

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Summary

The Algorithmic Heart: Exploring Intimacy in the Digital Age

Digital Stimulation delves into the complex world of intimacy, both romantic and sexual, between humans and technological entities. As human-machine relationships grow, it’s crucial to examine how these connections might reflect, reinforce, or reshape existing power structures.

The book argues that the separation of “man” and “machine” echoes other problematic divisions like “man” and “beast,” revealing an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755639823
ISBN-10:0755639820
Author:Mimi Marinucci
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:248
Release Date:30 October 2024
Weight:320g
Dimensions:214mm x 138mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

Mimi Marinucci’s book addresses an incredibly timely topic with nuance and compassion. Digital Stimulation helps readers move beyond whatever fears they might have about new technologies such as robots and AI, and shows us how these technologies can be part of our intimate lives. And she gives us the context we need to make sense of the strange new world that is in fact already here. * Neil McArthur, University of Manitoba, Canada *Digital Stimulation adeptly reviews our current modes of interacting with robot others while calling for a more thoughtful approach to all our future relationships. * James M. Okapal, Missouri Western State University, USA *

About The Author

Mimi Marinucci

Mimi Marinucci is Professor of Philosophy and of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at Eastern Washington University, USA. Marinucci is the author of Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory (Bloomsbury, 2010).

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