Law and culture in the age of technology / Daniela Carpi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpi, Daniela, author.

Series:

Law & literature (De Gruyter) ; ; Volume 22.

Law & literature (De Gruyter) ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and literature.

Law in literature. .

Law in motion pictures. .

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

The interdisciplinary series "Law & Literature" takes a systematic look at the correlation between literature and the law. The studies presented in this series analyze the complex interrelation between two cultural spheres which are not only at the basis of Western Culture and Society, but share in a common focus on texts. Bringing together contributions by jurists, historians of law, legal philosophers, and specialists in literary and cultural studies, this series reflects a trend in current inter- and transdisciplinary research which has recently shown rapid growth both in Europe and the United States.

Scientific experiments and medical improvements in recent years have augmented our bodies, made them manipulable; our personal data have been downloaded, stored, sold, analyzed; and the pandemic has given new meaning to the idea of ‘virtual presence’. Such phenomena are often thought to belong to the era of the ‘posthuman’, an era that both promises and threatens to redefine the notion of the human: what does it mean to be human? Can technological advances impact the way we define ourselves as a species? What will the future of humankind look like? These questions have gained urgency in recent years, and continue to preoccupy cultural and legal practitioners alike. How can the law respond and adapt to a world shaped by technology and AI? How can it ensure that technological developments remain inclusive, while simultaneously enforcing ethical limits to its reach? The volume explores how fictional texts, whether on the page or on screen, negotiate the legal dilemmas posed by the increasing infiltration of technology into modern life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: What Comes After Postmodernism?

Chapter 1 Transcendence: Death or Rebirth of Metaphysics?

Chapter 2 The Technological “Monstrum”: Her by Spike Jonze

Chapter 3 Dan Brown’s Origin: Can God Survive Technology?

Chapter 4 The Circle: Technological Dictatorship

Chapter 5 Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me and People Like You: Can a Machine Be “Killed”?

Chapter 6 Ex Machina: Technological Re-reading of Myth

Chapter 7 Blade Runner 2049: The Christological Perspective of Technology

Conclusion: The Promethean Dialectic of Technology

Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-078805-5

9783110788051