Body, soul and cyberspace in contemporary science fiction cinema: virtual worlds and ethical problems

"Body, Soul and Cyberspace explores how recent science-fiction cinema addresses questions about the connections between body and soul, virtuality, and the ways in which we engage with spirituality in the digital age. The book investigates notions of love, life and death, taking an interdiscipli...

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1. Verfasser: Magerstädt, Sylvie 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan 2014
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave Pivot
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Zusammenfassung:"Body, Soul and Cyberspace explores how recent science-fiction cinema addresses questions about the connections between body and soul, virtuality, and the ways in which we engage with spirituality in the digital age. The book investigates notions of love, life and death, taking an interdisciplinary approach by combining cinematic themes with religious, philosophical and ethical ideas. Magerstädt argues how even the most spectacle-driven mainstream films such as Avatar, The Matrix and Terminator can raise interesting and important questions about the human self and our interaction with the world. Apart from these well-known science fiction epics, her analysis also draws on recent works, such as Inception, The Thirteenth Floor, eXistenZ, Aeon Flux, Total Recall (2012), Transcendence and TRON: Legacy. These films stimulate an engaging discussion on what makes us human, the role memory plays in understanding ourselves, and how virtual realities challenge the moral concepts that govern human relationships"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-92) and index
Beschreibung:ix, 95 Seiten Illustrationen (farbig) 23 cm
ISBN:9781137399403
9781349485741

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