Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology / Linda M. Austin.
Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology / Linda M. Austin.
Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology / Linda M. Austin.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/4707
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English
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x, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: the nineteenth-century debate over human automatisms -- Part I. Automata-phobia. J.S. Mill: genius-automaton ; Automatic aesthetics and the shame of tourism -- Part II. Technologies of the automatic: process and movement. Photography's automatisms ; Automatic writing and physiologies o...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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England
Date Published
2018.
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"The late nineteenth century saw a re-examination of artistic creativity in response to questions surrounding the relation between human beings and automata. These questions arose from findings in the "new psychology," physiological research that diminished the primacy of mind and viewed human action as neurological and systemic. Concentrating on B...
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Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology / Linda M. Austin.
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 111
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/4707
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74VKVkWJmaLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkWJmaLd
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110842855X hardcover
9781108428552 hardcover
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700.41163
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991024182813702626
