This book explores the interaction between mechanistic beliefs about human bodies and the successive technologies that have established and illustrated these beliefs.
'Embodiment and Mechanisation is an exciting and impressive exploration of the matter of mechanistic thought, and one that makes a profound contribution to contemporary theories of embodiment and the intellectual histories that shape them. Black's analysis of the complex and shifting body-machine relationship is insightful, richly variegated, and precise in its execution. From dissection to information processing, automata to robotics, steam engines to artificial intelligence, Embodiment and Mechanisation is a veritable tour de force. Try as I might, I couldn't put it down.' Nikki Sullivan, Macquarie University, Australia
