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Gaming the System: Indiana University Press (IPS)

Autor David J Gunkel
en Limba Engleză Paperback – aug 2018
Gaming the System takes continental philosophical traditions out of the ivory tower and into the virtual worlds of video games. In this book, author David J. Gunkel explores how philosophical traditions--put forth by noted thinkers such as Plato, Descartes, Kant, Heidegger, and Zizek--can help us explore and conceptualize recent developments in video games, game studies, and virtual worlds. Furthermore, Gunkel interprets computer games as doing philosophy, arguing that the game world is a medium that provides opportunities to model and explore fundamental questions about the nature of reality, personal identity, social organization, and moral conduct. By using games to investigate and innovate in the area of philosophical thinking, Gunkel shows how areas such as game governance and manufacturers' terms of service agreements actually grapple with the social contract and produce new postmodern forms of social organization that challenge existing modernist notions of politics and the nation state. In this critically engaging study, Gunkel considers virtual worlds and video games as more than just "fun and games," presenting them as sites for new and original thinking about some of the deepest questions concerning the human experience.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253035714
ISBN-10: 0253035716
Pagini: 214
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Indiana University Press
Colecția Indiana University Press (IPS)
Seria Indiana University Press (IPS)


Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Terra Nova 2.0
2. The Real Problem
3. Social Contract 2.0
4. In the Face of Others
5. Open Ended Conclusions
Bibliography
Index