Cyberspace: multiple times, new worldviews

The modern physics destroyed the medieval view of space, which distinguished one place for matter and another for the spirit, showing that all space is material. Nowadays, the technology brought the cyberspace that, in its immateriality, can welcome the spirit. Both celebrating and execrating cybers...

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Author: Barros, Ana Taís Martins Portanova
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2008
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repository:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/3409
Online Access:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/3409
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Imaginary
Cyberspace
Worldviews
Imaginário
Ciberespaço
Mundivisões
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Summary:The modern physics destroyed the medieval view of space, which distinguished one place for matter and another for the spirit, showing that all space is material. Nowadays, the technology brought the cyberspace that, in its immateriality, can welcome the spirit. Both celebrating and execrating cyberspace indicate the attribution of an ontological character to it, and an imaginary that polarizes itself into homogenizing tendencies of transcendence and immanence.