"A tese parte da constatação de que existem componentes do sagrado que podem determinar ou não as narrativas dos jogos eletrônicos, para investigar os elementos religiosos presentes nos operadores audiovisuais dos games, a partir dos referenciais teóricos da transdiciplinaridade-complexidade e
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dos arquétipos da psicologia analítica. A metodologia de pesquisa consiste na análise formal dos games, uma abordagem qualitativa na perspectiva ingame intitulada “gametnografia”, na qual o pesquisador/jogador realiza a pesquisa e análise dos componentes religiosos no próprio ato de jogar com o referencial de amostragem dos jogos digitais. Tais componentes são recorrentes, especialmente nos jogos de RPG, e despertam energias arquetípicas do sagrado no jogador. Esta tese doutoral, portanto, procura revisar o conceito de “sagrado” nos videogames, propor uma criteriologia para o estudo do fenômeno religioso nos jogos digitais e apontar caminhos para o Ensino Religioso na cultura digital." (Resumo)
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"Conspiracy theories have infiltrated increasingly larger areas of cultural and political life. Conspiracism seems to replace or supplement fundamentalist religious beliefs while also supplying material that is, in turn, used for endorsing political and ideological agendas. Similarities between cons
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piratorial thinking and fundamentalist creed can be explained by examining the dynamics of inferiority of consciousness and the subsequent inflation of the ego by the “contents” of the unconscious. Inadequate and noncredible representations of numinous energies in consciousness unwittingly contribute to the creation of structures with notable mythological parallels. Jung referred to this phenomenon as an “axiom of psychology,” which can explain both the archetypal nature of conspiracism and its resistance to rational correction. Thinking is free from the unconscious influence of the Self only to the extent that it is able to recognize and to relate to numinous contents, on one hand, and to withdraw projections from the object, on the other. A symbolic perspective offers a nondismissive understanding of the reasons for strong adherence to conspiracy theories. Exploring conspiracy theories as symbols rather than rational constructs offers more fruitful solutions to our current social problems." (Abstract)
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"Conflicts are more effectively managed if people understand the layers meaning in their conflicts and collaborate based on those meanings. In this book, author Peter M. Kellett analyzes and interprets real-life conflict stories as a way to create opportunities for more productive ways to navigate a
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nd resolve conflict." (Publisher description)
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