About the Author

Lydia H. Liu is the W. T. Tam Professor in the Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and director of graduate studies at the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. She is the author or editor of seven books in English and Chinese, including, most recently, The Clash of Empires: The Invention of China in Modern World Making.

Reviews

"An interesting and significant book. The Freudian Robot is part of a new trend in the humanities that is reinventing comparative studies in light of digital media." - Eugene Thacker, Georgia Institute of Technology"