Titel
All too real metacapitalism: towards a non-dualist political ontology of metaverse
Autor*in
Abstract
Current techno-utopian visions of metaverse raise ontological, ethical, and political questions. Drawing on existing literature on virtual worlds but also philosophically moving beyond that body of work and responding to political contexts concerning identity, capitalism, and climate, this paper begins to address these questions by offering a conceptual framework to think about the ontology of metaverse(s) in ways that see metaverse as real, experienced and shaping our experience, technologically constituted, and political. It shows how this non-dualist political-ontological approach helps to better identify, understand, predict, and evaluate some real and potentially dangerous ethically and politically relevant phenomena, including what I call ‘metacapitalism’’s environmentally problematic dream.
Stichwort
MetaverseVirtual worldsOntologyPolitical ontologyGood lifeIdentityPowerPoliticsEnvironmentSustainability
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2085931
Erschienen in
Titel
Ethics and Information Technology
Band
26
Ausgabe
2
ISSN
1388-1957
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Publication
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
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