Anthropology of Robot

210 mm x 148 mm
258pages
JPY3,800
ISBN 9784790716495
Pub date: March 2015

Robots not only appear in manga and anime, but are being studied as a new technology to support human life. This book analyzes cultural and scientific practices to reveal the relationship between machines and human life, Western culture and Japan, and the imperceptible relationship between Japanese people and robots that connects the past and future.

Table of Contents
Introduction

Chapter 1 Ambiguous Japanese Robots
Chapter 2 Robots in the Beginning
Chapter 3 Robots as Culture
Chapter 4 Robots as Science
Chapter 5 Time of Robots
Chapter 6 We and Robots

Conclusion