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Transcending Taboos A Moral and Psychological Examination of Cyberspace

Young, G ; Whitty, M (Routledge, 2012-05-04)

Cyberspace is composed of a multitude of different spaces where users can represent themselves in many divergent ways. Why in a video game, is it more acceptable to murder or maim than rape? After all, in each case, it is only pixels that are being assaulted. This book avoids wrestling with the common question of whether the virtual violation of real-world taboos is right or wrong, and instead provides a theoretical framework that helps us understand why such distinctions are typically made, and explores the psychological impact of violating offline taboos within cyberspace.
Deleuze and the Body

Guillaume, L ; Hughes, J (Edinburgh University Press, 2011-03-22)

Let us pause, then, and look back to the theorisations of 'the body' that reinforce our sense, today, that we no longer assume the primacy of language. Judith Butler's Bodies That Matter of 1993, Elizabeth Grosz's Volatile Bodies in 1994 and ...
Philosophy After Deleuze

Hughes, J (Continuum, 2012-10-11)

This is the ideal introduction to Deleuze for any student of philosophy.
Enacting Culture: Japanese Theatre in Historical and Modern Contexts

ECKERSALL, PETER ; Eckersall, PA ; Geilhorn, ; Grossmann, ; Miura, (Iudicium Verlag GmbH, 2012)
Science fiction experiences

Ndalianis, AN (New Academia Publishing, 2011)