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Video Game Violence. A Philosophical Conversation with Mathieu Triclot
A Philosophical Conversation with Mathieu Triclot. A Philosophical Conversation with Mathieu Triclot

Author(s): Mathieu Triclot, Raphaël Verchère
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Theory of Communication, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Aristotle; Nietzsche; Plato; School Shooting; Philosophy; Video Games; Violence;

Summary/Abstract: The starting point of this conversation with philosopher Mathieu Triclot is the issue of the causal contribution of video game playing in school shootings. Triclot explains the limitations of current psychological approaches regarding video game violence. He further develops on the peculiar features of the video game medium and how they relate to the problem of violence. Triclot eventually shows that, although players may relate to virtual violence in very different ways, violence in videogames is not merely a subjective phenomenon. He highlights that some “regimes of experience,” which got stable in the video game culture, cultivate a toxic relation to violence.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 185-192
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English