Bibliograph

Avatar emergency, Gregory L. Ulmer

Type

Label

Avatar emergency, Gregory L. Ulmer

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Avatar emergency

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Gregory L. Ulmer

Series statement

New media theory

Summary

A new experience of identity is emerging within the digital apparatus under the rubric of "avatar." This study develops "concept avatar" as an opportunity to invent a practice of citizenship native to the Internet that simulates the functionality of measure dramatized in the traditions of "descent" ("avatar") or "incarnation," including the original usage in the Bhagavad Gita, and the Western evolution of the virtue of prudence from the Ancient daimon, through genius and character, to the contemporary sinthome

Target audience

adult

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