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Towards a new anthropogony?
Tron revisited
pp. 73-106
Abstract
This chapter discusses the transformation of aporia into (tragic) indifference. In the fast-moving world of the virtual game, one does not have time to think, only to act fast and survive. Aporia as a way of speaking and knowing one's truth and desire is undercut by fast movement and the inability or reluctance to think. If the ancient hero's misfortune was an oblique affirmation of the existence of God or the father who guarantees Law and order, the new hero seduces the Father-God and eventually leads him to death, in line with Baudrillard's argument that the rules of the game have replaced the Law. In reality, Law (Lacan) and game (Baudrillard) play with one another.
Publication details
Published in:
Voela Angie (2017) Psychoanalysis, philosophy and myth in contemporary culture: after Oedipus. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 73-106
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-48347-8_3
Full citation:
Voela Angie (2017) Towards a new anthropogony?: Tron revisited, In: Psychoanalysis, philosophy and myth in contemporary culture, Dordrecht, Springer, 73–106.