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Ermeneutica del morire. La morte nell’epoca della cultura digitale
Digital Death. Come si narra la morte con l’avvento del web
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Ermeneutica del morire. La morte nell’epoca della cultura digitale
Digital Death. Come si narra la morte con l’avvento del web
Taking the cue from some reflections byWalter Benjamin and Eugéne Minkowski, the present paper wants to analyze the relationship between death and narration in the age of digital culture. In fact, the so–called “Digital Death” revolutionizes our bond with death, with the traditional thought of immortality and with the Geisterwelt. Once the author has defined the “Digital Death”, this paper firstly describes some current forms of digital communication (Eterni.me, Eter9) that try to get rid of death, impoverishing narrations and handed–down knowledge. Secondly, it describes other forms (Facebook and social networks in general) that, on the contrary, offer new resources through which we can enrich our memory of the dead, thus reinvigorating the role of death as an authority from hich all narrated stories stem.
pagine: | 29-46 |
DOI: | 10.4399/97888548995993 |
data pubblicazione: | Dicembre 2016 |
editore: | Aracne |