03891nam 2200649 450 991045972720332120200520144314.00-520-28492-50-520-96056-410.1525/9780520960565(CKB)3710000000325552(EBL)1775219(OCoLC)899156911(SSID)ssj0001401741(PQKBManifestationID)12511202(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401741(PQKBWorkID)11351439(PQKB)11570501(MiAaPQ)EBC1775219(DE-B1597)520385(DE-B1597)9780520960565(Au-PeEL)EBL1775219(CaPaEBR)ebr11003294(CaONFJC)MIL688032(EXLCZ)99371000000032555220150120h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDangerous games what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds /Joseph P. LaycockOakland, California :University of California Press,2015.©20151 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-56750-6 0-520-28491-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThe 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 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.Fantasy gamesMoral and ethical aspectsRole playingMoral and ethical aspectsDungeons and Dragons (Game)Moral and ethical aspectsElectronic books.Fantasy gamesMoral and ethical aspects.Role playingMoral and ethical aspects.Dungeons and Dragons (Game)Moral and ethical aspects.793.93 Laycock Joseph1980-1030293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459727203321Dangerous games2447112UNINA02022nam0 22004333i 450 MIL008409520231121125532.000704847750071008705International Edition20141021d1991 ||||0itac50 baengengusz01i xxxe z01nProbability, random variables and stochastic processesAthanasios Papoulis3. edNew York [etc.]McGraw-Hillc1991XVII, 666 p.25 cmMcGraw-Hill series in electrical engineering. Communications and signal processingBibliografia: P. 658-659.001BVE00026862001 McGraw-Hill series in electrical engineering. Communications and signal processingProbability, random variables and stochastic processesCFI0017857CFIV01025131506ProbabilitaFIRRMLC020417IProcesso stocasticoFIRRMLC377457IVariabili casualiFIRRMLC377683I519Probabilita e matematica applicata21519.221Papoulis, AthanasiosCFIV0102510701556Papoulis, A.NAPV108532Papoulis, AthanasiosITIT-0120141021IT-FR0098 IT-FR0099 Biblioteca Area Giuridico EconomicaFR0098 Biblioteca Area IngegneristicaFR0099 MIL0084095Biblioteca Area Giuridico Economica 53TER 519/114 53VM 0000099315 VM barcode:ECO007017. - Inventario:4076. - Fondo:Sala consultazioneVMA 2000072720121204Biblioteca Area Ingegneristica 54DII 519.2 PAP 54VM 0000409255 VM barcode:BAIN001683. - Inventario:2014DVMA 2004030920121204 53 54Probability, random variables and stochastic processes31506UNICAS