Philosophical reflections on black mirror. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Rocha and Kingsley Marshall.
• Authors: Rocha, James; Marshall, Kingsley
• Contents: Introduction: Charlie Brooker's artistic vision / Daniel Shaw, Emeritus Professor Lock Haven University, USA -- Chapter one. Through a screen / Darkly Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia -- Chapter two. Nietzsche on forgetting and "The entire history of you" / Daniel Shaw, Emeritus Professor Lock Haven University, USA -- Chapter three. Technology in pastel colors: an alternative take on black mirror? / Laura di Summa, William Paterson University, USA -- Chapter four. "Men against fire", Black mirror and World War II propaganda / Leigh Rich, Georgia Southern University, USA -- Chapter five. Between delight and discomfort: the act of mirroring in the age of black mirror / Shai Biderman, Tel Aviv University, Israel -- Chapter six. Black mirror as philosophizing about immortality, technology and human nature / Lorraine Yeung and Kong-Ngai Pei, Hong Kong Baptist University -- Chapter seven. "White Christmas": technologies of the self in the deigital age / Diana Stypinska, Liverpool Hope University, U.K. and Andrea Rossi Koç University (Istanbul), Turkey -- Chapter eight: "Crocodile" going too far: philosophical reflections on human nature and moral character / Clara Nisley, Oglethorpe University, USA -- Chapter nine. Free will in Bandersnatch / Sander Lee Keene State College, USA Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
• Publisher Details: London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 791.45/75; Technology -- Social aspects; Science fiction television programs -- History and criticism; Science fiction television programs; Technology -- Social aspects; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350162204; 1350162205; 9781350162198; 1350162191
• Related ISBNs: 9781350162143
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.