{"product_id":"a-new-virtual-ethics-interconnectedness-and-interrelationality-in-videogames-9781476691862","title":"A New Virtual Ethics: Interconnectedness and Interrelationality in Videogames","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): René Reinhold Schallegger | Matthew Wilhelm Kapell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Video \u0026amp; Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46441889169559,"sku":"9781476691862","price":5103.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476691862.webp?v=1769120553","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-new-virtual-ethics-interconnectedness-and-interrelationality-in-videogames-9781476691862","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}