155 KB0 KB200420252010Šporčič, AnamarijaVrtačič, Evastr. 101-110številka:vol. 7ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID:44750690URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-1QMWM0Z9enOddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko, Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v LjubljaniSlovensko društvo za angleške študijeELOPE (Ljubljana)cyberspacedeathinternetkiberprostornarcissismnarcizemsmrtvirtual realityvirtualna resničnostDigital death in the age of narcissism|Pathological narcissism represents the dominant form of subjectivity in post-industrial society and its consumerist ideals. The fear one feels in connection with one's death, fear that is typical of pathological narcissism, frequently manifests itself as absolute denial of the idea of a mortal Self. According to Freud, primary narcissism prevents one from imagining or even thinking about one's own death. In the realm of the Unconscious, death does not exist. Death is absent from cyberspace in much the same manner and in this sense, cyberspace has become a fitting metaphor for the Unconscious. It is pathological narcissism that makes cyberspace and all actions that take place within it possible, reasonable and justifiable. It is what transforms all our cyber-actions into more than merely a waste of time. Upon entering cyberspace the subjects are given the chance to leave their mortality, their corporeity behind and embark upon a journey that offers countless possibilities and realities. Yet they have thus also entered the realm of digital death. The anthropological supposition that culture is our "natural environment" can now, when cyberspace and digital technologies function as a "natural environment" for pathological narcissism, be reconsidered and reinterpretedPatološki narcizem predstavlja dominantno formo subjektivnosti postindustrijske družbe in njenih potrošniških idealov. Strah, ki ga čutimo v povezavi z lastno smrtjo, in ki je značilen za patološki narcizem, se pogosto manifestira kot popolno zanikanje ideje o smrtnosti lastnega Jaza. Primarni narcizem po Freudu človeku onemogoča misliti lastno smrt. Smrt v Nezavednem preprosto ne obstaja. Na podoben način je smrt odsotna tudi v kiberprostru, ki je tako postal primerna metafora nezavednega. Patološki narcizem je tisti, ki omogoča, osmišljuje in opravičuje obstoj kiberprostora in naših dejanj v njem. Naša kiber-dejanja tako postanejo nekaj več kot le izguba časa. Ob vstopu v kiberprostor je subjektu ponujena možnost, da za seboj pusti svojo telesnost, svojo smrtnost, in se poda na potovanje neštetih resničnosti in možnosti. Ob tem pa neizogibno vstopi tudi na območje e-smrtnosti. Antropološko predpostavko, da je kultura naše "naravno okolje", lahko tako danes, ko se kot "naravno okolje" patološkega narcisa ponujata kiberprostor in digitalna tehnologija, razumemo in interpretiramo na nove načineTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Znanstvena založba