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The Perfect Slave: A Political Theory of Automation
Thu, April 4, 9:45 to 11:15am CDT (9:45 to 11:15am CDT), TBABrief Overview
This paper interprets automation not only as an economic fact but as a political ideal. It analyzes 1950s automation discourse as a response to capitalist contradictions and argues for the centrality of slavery in shaping the trope of the automaton.