Virtual Politics - Identity and Community in Cyberspace

This incisive examination of identity, community and cyberspace shows how new technologies are altering the nature of identity, the relation of self to other, and the structure of community and political representation.`Contains valuable insights for scholars teaching and researching in this field' - Political Science

List of contents

Introduction
PART ONE: THE SELF, IDENTITY AND BODY IN THE AGE OF THE VIRTUAL
Virtual Identity - David Holmes
Communities of Broadcast, Communities of Interactivity
Virtual Worlds/Virtual Bodies - Cathryn Vasseleu
Beyond Being Digital - Nicola Green
The Semiotics of Technics
An Ontology of Digital Domains - Chris Chesher
The Subject of Virtual Reality - Simon Cooper
Plenitude vs Alienation
This Abstract Body - Paul James and Freya Carkeek
PART TWO: POLITICS AND COMMUNITY IN VIRTUAL WORLDS
Virtual Urban Futures - Michael Ostwald
Community in the Abstract - Michele Willson
A Political and Ethical Dilemma?
What Space Is Cyberspace? - Mark Nunes
The Internet and Virtuality
Always Already Virtual - Patricia Wise
Feminist Politics in Cyberspace
Virtual Reality and the New Age - Chris Zigiuras
The Technologisation of the Sacred
Cyberdemocracy - Mark Poster
Internet and the Public Sphere

About the author

David Holmes is a Lecturer in Communications and Media, Monash University

Summary

This incisive examination of identity, community and cyberspace shows how new technologies are altering the nature of identity, the relation of self to other, and the structure of community and political representation. `Contains valuable insights for scholars teaching and researching in this field' - Political Science

Product details

• Authors: David Holmes
• Assisted by: David Holmes (Editor), Holmes David (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.1997
• EAN: 9780761956099
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5609-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Politics and Culture; Politics and Culture series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Virtual Reality, Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social groups, The self, ego, identity, personality, Political science & theory, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Political science and theory, COMPUTERS / Virtual & Augmented Reality, Social groups, communities and identities, New Media & Communication Technology;Citizenship Studies