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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
&P&Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe that nonliving objects have lives of their own as we find ourselves...
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&P&Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe that nonliving objects have lives of their own as we find ourselves interacting with computers and other equipment. In &i&On the Animation of the Inorganic&/i&, Spyros Papapetros examines ideas about simulated movement and inorganic life during and after the turn of the twentieth century—a period of great technical innovation whose effects continue to reverberate today.&/P&&DIV&Exploring key works of art historians
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Contents; Preface; Introduction - Animation Victims: An Abridged History of Animated Response; Part I: Animated History; 1. The Movement of Accessories: Fabric Extensions and Textual Supplements from Modern and Antique Fragments; 2. The Movement of Snakes: Pneumatic Impulses and Bygone Appendages from Philo to Warburg; 3. The Afterlife of Crystals: Art Historical Biology and the Animation of the Inorganic; Part II: Inorganic Culture; 4. Nudes in the Forest: Models, Sciences, and Legends in a Landscape by Léger
5. Malicious Houses: Animism and Animosity in German Architecture and Film from Mies to Murnau6. Daphne's Legacy: Architecture, Psychoanalysis, and Petrification; Notes; Index;
