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God in the Machine : The Ganesh Yourself Experiment.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grimaud, Emmanuel.
- Series:
- Ethnography, Theory, Experiment Series
- Ethnography, Theory, Experiment Series ; v.12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)--Cult.
- Gaṇeśa.
- Robotics.
- Technology--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Technology.
- Anthropology of religion.
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- Enlarges the scope of discussion, about creativity in science and art, about the philosophy of experience in general, but also about the way humanities can take up and take on the experimental aspect of their practice. The book demonstrates clearly how it is no longer just a matter of the humanities patiently inventorying the possibilities that people have of living differently than they do and repopulating the world with all sorts of populations, minorities, divergent interests, categories of beings, visible or invisible. Takes the reader step by step through the different phases of the experience, showing how in a country where speculating about the nature of God is a widespread pastime, people were eager to play the game, debating for hours on end, via the robot, unresolved theological questions or problems that concerned them in their daily lives (pollution, corruption, and so on).
- Contents:
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preamble
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. 'Ganesh Yourself': The Incarnation Game
- Chapter 2. Divine (Im)Posture
- Chapter 3. Kaliyuga
- Chapter 4. Divine (In)Justice
- Chapter 5. The Test
- Chapter 6. Machine of Misfortune
- Chapter 7. The Matrix
- Chapter 8. Ganesh Cacophony
- Chapter 9. The Immersion
- Chapter 10. A Little Theory of Thresholds in General, and of the Zero-Point in Particular
- Chapter 11. The Sex Appeal of the Zero-Point: Virtues and Vertigo of Experimentation
- Ganesh Yourself, the Film in Images
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-83695-529-4
- OCLC:
- 1583177960
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