The Avatar Faculty

The Avatar Faculty
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780520384361
ISBN-13 : 0520384369
Rating : 4/5 (369 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Avatar Faculty by : Jeffrey G. Snodgrass

Download or read book The Avatar Faculty written by Jeffrey G. Snodgrass and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Avatar Faculty creatively examines the parallels between spiritual and digital activities to explore the roles that symbolic second selves—avatars—can play in our lives. The use of avatars can allow for what anthropologists call ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, meaning "standing outside oneself." The archaic techniques of promoting spiritual ecstasy, which remain central to religious healing traditions around the world, now also have contemporary analogues in virtual worlds found on the internet. In this innovative book, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass argues that avatars allow for the ecstatic projection of consciousness into alternate realities, potentially providing both the spiritually possessed and gamers access to superior secondary identities with elevated social standing. Even if only temporary, self-transformations of these kinds can help reduce psychosocial stress and positively improve health and well-being.


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