| Creators: |
Inderst, Rudolf T. (Host) |
| Title: |
Podcast zu: A New Virtual Ethics : Interconnectedness and Interrelationality in Videogames / von René R. Schallegger, Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, 2024. - ISBN 9781476691862 |
| Item Type: |
Other |
| Event Title: |
New Books Network (NBN) |
| Event Dates: |
February 14, 2025 |
| Additional Information: |
Open Access |
| Date: |
2025 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
We are witnessing the collapse of the postwar consensus, the implosion of the caring society. In times of social, economic, and political insecurity, egotism spreads. Many popular videogames follow a logic of consumerist self-gratification and self-empowerment. Deeply political, videogames contribute to the transformation of players, causing a need for change in what game designers do and how and why they do it. Awareness of the socio-political and cultural contexts can be promoted by the mainstream videogame market for critical active participation.
A New Virtual Ethics: Interconnectedness and Interrelationality in Videogames (McFarland, 2024) focuses on the need for individual self-realization in Western societies and how it manifests in the various dimensions of videogames. Videogames remind us that we can never be isolated in a world defined by complexity and interlaced systems. Connecting videogames and new Neo-Kantian virtual ethics builds upon notions of agency, mutual respect, and obligation. This addresses humans in their entirety as thinking, acting, and feeling agents through engagement, immersion, and involvement. |
| Language: |
English |
| Link eMedia: |
Download |
| Citation: |
Inderst, Rudolf T. (Host)
(2025)
Podcast zu: A New Virtual Ethics : Interconnectedness and Interrelationality in Videogames / von René R. Schallegger, Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, 2024. - ISBN 9781476691862.
In: New Books Network (NBN), February 14, 2025
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