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This erudite volume examines the moral universe of the hit Netflix show Black Mirror. It brings together scholars in media studies, cultural studies, anthropology, literature, philosophy, psychology, theatre and game studies to analyse the significance and reverberations of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian universe with our present-day technologically mediated life world. Brooker’s ground-breaking Black Mirror anthology generates often disturbing and sometimes amusing future imaginaries of the dark side of ubiquitous screen life, as it unleashes the power of the uncanny. This book takes the psychoanalytic idea of the uncanny into a moral framework befitting Black Mirror’s dystopian visions. The volume suggests that the Black Mirror anthology doesn’t just make the viewer feel, on the surface, a strange recognition of closeness to some of its dystopian scenarios, but also makes us realise how very fragile, wavering, fractured, and uncertain is the human moral compass.

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Author:   Margaret Gibson ,  Clarissa Carden
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9783030474973

ISBN 10:   3030474976
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   06 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Margaret Gibson and Clarissa Carden.- 2. God is an Algorithm: Black Mirror and the Future of Human Agency - Helena Bassil-Morozow.- 3. Living on beyond the body: The digital soul of Black Mirror  - Margaret Gibson and Clarissa Carden.- 4. Black Mirror and Borges's concept of the Infinite Finite - Suzie Gibson and Dean Biron.- 5. Spectacular Return: Inexhaustion in White Bear’s ‘Exhibitionary Complex’ - Bryoni Trezise.- 6. Facial Obfuscation and Bare Life - Grant Bollmer.- 7.      Technology and human needs in the world of Black Mirror - Dr Neil Martin & Associate Professor Helen Farley.- 8. Invasive Gaming, bio-sensing and digital labour in Playtest - Gareth Schott.- 9. Conclusion - Margaret Gibson and Clarissa Carden.

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Margaret Gibson a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Griffith University, Australia. She author of several books including Objects of the Dead: Mourning and Memory in Everyday Life and the most recent (with Clarissa Carden) Living and Dying in a Virtual World: Digital Kinship, Nostalgia, and Mourning in Second Life. Clarissa Carden is a historical sociologist and a postdoctoral research fellow at Griffith University, Australia, with an interest in the intersection of morality and social change, focusing on the lives of young people.

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