{"product_id":"god-in-the-machine-the-ganesh-yourself-experiment-9781836955276","title":"God in the Machine: The Ganesh Yourself Experiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emmanuel Grimaud\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A teleoperated robot roaming in the streets of Mumbai enables anyone to put oneself in the place of the Hindu god Ganesha and have a conversation. Initially conceived as an anthropological experiment, the machine was launched in 2014 and became a collective, political and metaphysical experience. Can a machine make a good divine interface? Likewise, what might be the virtues of hacking a god to understand our relation to machines? The Ganesh Yourself experiment is not only a fascinating exercise in anthropology by design, the first of this kind, but it also leads to a radical deconstruction of religion, politics and technology, opening unthinkable possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47773062004887,"sku":"9781836955276","price":9381.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781836955276.webp?v=1777977440","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/god-in-the-machine-the-ganesh-yourself-experiment-9781836955276","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}