Abstract According to the Swedish science fiction TV series Äkta människor (Real Humans, SVT and Matador film 2012-2014), humanoid robots called “hubots” are replacing the human workforce in care work and assembly line industries. Against the backdrop of current debates about immigration and citizenship in the Nordic countries, this article does a close, contextual reading of the series, exploring how the hubots influence work and family life. We are particularly interested in how hubots tie in with the cultural circulation of affect in relation to Otherness and how responses towards the “not-quite” human or dehumanized Other are negotiated in present-day Nordic cultural imaginaries. What kinds of affects are at stake in how Äkta människor takes up and interacts with debates about immigrant workers and the “not-quite” human? To answer these questions, the article develops the notion of “affective imaginaries” as an analytical tool for understanding the exchange between popular culture and political debate.

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真正的人类？

摘要根据瑞典科幻电视连续剧Äktamänniskor（真实人类，SVT和斗牛士电影2012-2014），被称为“机器人”的类人机器人正在取代护理工作和装配线行业中的劳动力。在北欧国家当前有关移民和公民身份的辩论的背景下，本文对系列进行了近距离的背景阅读，探讨了暴徒如何影响工作和家庭生活。我们特别感兴趣的是，暴虐如何与与他人有关的情感的文化传播联系在一起，以及如何在当今的北欧文化想象中商讨对“非相当”的人或非人性化他人的回应。Äktamänniskor如何接受并与有关移民工人和“非相当”人的辩论互动时，会受到什么样的影响？为了回答这些问题，本文提出了“情感假想”的概念，将其作为一种分析工具来理解大众文化与政治辩论之间的交流。