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Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object

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Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object. / Hasse, Cathrine.
The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 145-164.

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Harvard

Hasse, C 2022, Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object. in The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, pp. 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_7

APA

Hasse, C. (2022). Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object. In The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology (pp. 145-164). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_7

CBE

Hasse C. 2022. Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object. In The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_7

MLA

Hasse, Cathrine "Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object". The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Chapter 7, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 2022, 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_7

Vancouver

Hasse C. Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism: How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object. In The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. p. 145-164 doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_7

Author

Hasse, Cathrine. / Humanism, Posthumanism, and New Humanism : How Robots Challenge the Anthropological Object. The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. pp. 145-164

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