@article{Barker_2022, title={"Disembedded" Buddhism in a Techno-Global Cosmology: The Case of Spike Jonze’s Film Her (2013)}, volume={23}, url={https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/1993}, DOI={10.26034/lu.jgb.2022.1993}, abstractNote={<p>This essay explores the subtle but key influence of Buddhist ideas in Spike Jonze’s highly successful 2013 film <em>Her</em>, which reflects the currents of disembedded Buddhism woven through ostensibly non-Buddhist cultural spaces and texts, engaging with contemporary social concerns. In <em>Her </em>they manifest most surprisingly in the character of Samantha, an artificially-intelligent consciousness that transcends the limitations of ego-based thought. Like the Buddha, Samantha has capacities that extend beyond the reach of ordinary humans, and by imagining these extraordinary powers of thought we are provided a glimpse of an absolute reality beyond our experience of the everyday. In this sense <em>Her</em>’s techno-global cosmology parallels miraculous aspects of the Buddha that are embedded in premodern cosmologies.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Global Buddhism}, author={Barker, Jesse}, year={2022}, month={Jul.}, pages={1–16} }