Framing Uncertainty: Computer Game Epistemologies 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Rautzenberg, Markus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137595205 ISBN-13: 9781137595201 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.82 lbs) 167 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book presents a compilation of articles on the subject of game studies written over the last ten years. These texts reflect a decade of research in European computer game studies from a theoretical perspective that combines philosophy, cultural studies, visual studies, and media studies in a way that is unique to a specific type of media theory developed in Germany over the last thirty years. This theory differs quite significantly from media studies as usually conceived in Anglo-American academia, providing new perspectives that are rooted in continental philosophical traditions ranging from phenomenology to post-structuralism and newer forms of "presence studies" in aesthetic theory. The book provides (1) an introduction to a continental approach to game philosophy; (2) an aesthetic theory of computer games rooted in concepts of performativity and epistemology; and (3) an introduction to an interdisciplinary approach to game studies that is based on philosophical perspectives on the subject matter. |