<p> In the 1968 science fiction novel <i>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</i>, Philip K. Dick envisions a world where synthetic beings have become advanced enough to walk among humans unnoticed, blurring the boundary between human and machine. In a later interview, he claims that the inspiration of the novel came from reading a Gestapo officer’s diary, believing that the writing represented a “humanoid other” that is morphologically human and yet is not human in essence. Using critical theory on object-orientation, technology, and identity, I investigate the novel’s use of space, object description, and references to the ersatz to uncover the conditions under which a humanoid other emerges, and what Dick offers as the remedy for our “bifurcated” humanity.</p><p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10844407 |
| Date | 05 October 2018 |
| Creators | Carlson, Jacob |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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