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I, Yantra
2024
Overview
What does it mean to be human? I , Yantra examines ancient
Indian narratives about robots and mechanically constructed beings
to explore how their Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist authors approached
this question. Making translations of many of these texts available
in English for the first time, author Signe Cohen argues that they
shed considerable light on South Asian religious notions of
humanity, self, and agency. She also documents connections between
ancient and modern responses to the ethical problems of what
precisely constitutes a sentient being and what rights such a being
should have. Situated at the intersection of humanities and
bioethics, this cross-disciplinary study will be of interest to
scholars of South Asian languages and literature as well as
specialists in religion and technology.
Publisher
State University of New York Press,SUNY Press
Subject
/ Asian Studies : Asian Studies
/ Buddhism
/ Folklore
/ Hinduism
/ History
/ HISTORY / Asia / South / India
/ India
/ Jainism
/ LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy
/ Philosophy : Philosophy of Religion
/ RELIGION
/ RELIGION / Buddhism / History
/ RELIGION / Hinduism / History
/ Religion and Spirituality : Buddhism
/ Religion and Spirituality : Hindu Studies
/ Robots
/ Tales
ISBN
1438496613, 9781438496610, 143849663X, 9781438496634, 9781438496627, 1438496621
