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UNINA9910787231203321 |
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Laycock Joseph <1980-> |
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Dangerous games : what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds / / Joseph P. Laycock |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
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0-520-28492-5 |
0-520-96056-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 p.) |
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Fantasy games - Moral and ethical aspects |
Role playing - Moral and ethical aspects |
Dungeons and Dragons (Game) - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface. "You Worship Gods from Books!" -- Introduction. Fantasy and Reality -- 1. The Birth of Fantasy Role-Playing Games -- 2. Dungeons & Dragons as Religious Phenomenon -- 3. Pathways into Madness: 1979-1982 -- 4. Satanic Panic: 1982-1991 -- 5. A World of Darkness: 1991-2001 -- 6. How Role-Playing Games Create Meaning -- 7. How the Imagination Became Dangerous -- 8. Rival Fantasies -- Conclusion. Walking between Worlds -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The 1980's saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that included representatives from the Christian Right, the field of psychology, and law enforcement claimed that these games were not only psychologically dangerous but an occult religion masquerading as a game. Dangerous Games explores both the history and the sociological significance of this panic. Fantasy role-playing games do share several functions in common with religion. However, religion-as a socially constructed world of shared meaning-can also be compared to a fantasy role-playing game. In fact, the claims of the moral entrepreneurs, in which they presented themselves as heroes |
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battling a dark conspiracy, often resembled the very games of imagination they condemned as evil. By attacking the imagination, they preserved the taken-for-granted status of their own socially constructed reality. Interpreted in this way, the panic over fantasy-role playing games yields new insights about how humans play and together construct and maintain meaningful worlds. Laycock's clear and accessible writing ensures that Dangerous Games will be required reading for those with an interest in religion, popular culture, and social behavior, both in the classroom and beyond. |
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UNINA9910791259603321 |
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Autore |
Cates Diana Fritz |
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Aquinas on the emotions [[electronic resource] ] : a religious-ethical inquiry / / Diana Fritz Cates |
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Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009 |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Christian ethics - Catholic authors |
Emotions - Religious aspects - Catholic Church |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Religious ethics -- Religious ethics and the study of emotion -- Approaching Aquinas on emotion (l) -- Approaching Aquinas on emotion (ll) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (l) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (ll) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (l) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (ll) -- The formation of distinctively human emotions -- The religious ethical study of emotion -- Aquinas on the powers or capabilities of a human being (relevant selections). |
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All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happiness-and, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can |
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have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effect on our emotions? Do we have any choice when it comes to our emotions? In Aquinas on the Emotions, Diana Fritz Cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. She identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formati |
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