{"product_id":"9781041470236","title":"Human, Divine, and Material Agency in Classics and Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHuman, Divine, and Material Agency in Classics and Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJennifer Devereaux | Anna Novokhatko\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings ancient Greek and Roman thought into dialogue with contemporary debates on artificial intelligence, cognition, and posthumanism, revealing how agency emerges through relations among humans, gods, technologies, and matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from scholars of classics, philosophy, and cognitive studies, this interdisciplinary volume offers readers new conceptual and methodological tools for understanding intelligence, agency, and responsibility beyond the boundaries of the autonomous human subject. Through innovative readings of ancient philosophy, literature, mythology, religion, and technology, it explores how cognition and action are shaped by social practices, material environments, divine powers, and technological systems. By placing ancient evidence in critical conversation with contemporary theories of embodied and extended cognition, posthumanism, and artificial intelligence, the book challenges familiar distinctions between human and nonhuman, natural and artificial, and agency and mechanism. Rather than presenting antiquity as a precursor to modern technologies, it demonstrates how historical perspectives can transform the very questions we ask about intelligence, creativity, authority, and ethical responsibility today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman, Divine, and Material Agency in Classics and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is suitable for students and scholars of classical studies, ancient philosophy and the history of science and technology. Its interdisciplinary approach makes it particularly valuable to readers interested in bringing ancient perspectives into contemporary philosophical and technological debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Devereaux\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher at Harvard University specializing in artificial intelligence, epistemology, and cognitive science, with expertise in ancient philosophy. Her interdisciplinary work examines how computational systems shape knowledge, reproduce conceptual assumptions, and acquire epistemic authority, bringing historical philosophical inquiry into dialogue with contemporary debates about cognition, reasoning, and technological change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Novokhatko\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(Classics, University of Trento) specializes in Greek comedy, metaphor and imagination studies, hermeneutics, cognitive approaches, and Digital Classics. Amongst her monographs is the \u003ci\u003eGuide to Classics and Cognitive Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(2025), and she is (co-)editor of \u003ci\u003eMeasurement and Understanding in Science and Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Hermeneutics\u003c\/i\u003e (2026), and \u003ci\u003eLaughter between the gaps: new approaches to Greek comic corpus \u003c\/i\u003e(2026). Her current research examines audience responses in Greek comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041470236\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e424\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63762224513164,"sku":"9781041470236","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041470236","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}