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Maskinisk darwinism: teknikens naturhistoria hos Samuel Butler och Gilles Deleuze

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Author

Editor

  • Andreas Nyblom

Summary, in English

This paper provides perspectives on the development of an idea of the machine as a living being in the 20th century by looking at the relationship between the writings of Samuel Butler and Gilles Deleuze concerning the evolution of machines as an extension of—and in competition with—the human organism. Ultimately, Butler and Deleuze both describe a mechanical or “machinic" vitalism and evolutionism beyond the human animal, which conflates the realms of nature and culture.

Publishing year

2009

Language

Swedish

Pages

299-310

Publication/Series

Linköping University Conference Proceedings

Issue

40

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Linköping University Electronic Press

Topic

  • History of Ideas

Keywords

  • teknologi/technology
  • evolution
  • vitalism
  • Félix Guattari
  • Gilles Deleuze
  • Samuel Butler
  • Charles Darwin
  • organism
  • maskin/machine
  • machinic darwinism

Conference name

Kultur~Natur : konferens för kulturstudier i Sverige, Norrköping 15-17 juni

Conference date

2009-06-15

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1650-3686
  • ISSN: 1650-3740