Cyber-Transcendence and Immanence as a Religio-Spiritual Phenomenon in Cyberpunk Anime
This article argues that Western cyberpunk narratives often suggest a technologically invoked transcendence, a cyber-transcendence, which represents a new ontological sphere and offers catharsis in dystopian scenarios. While Japanese cyberpunk anime also explore the idea of cyber-transcendence, the...
Subtitles: | "Here Be Dragons. East Asian Film and Religion" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
2023
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 41-66 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Animated films
/ Cyberpunk
/ Transcendence (Motif)
/ Shintoism
/ The Postmodern
/ The Sublime
/ History 1988-1996
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BN Shinto KBM Asia TK Recent history VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Postmodernism
B Dimension of Depht B Sublime B Shinto B Cyber-Transcendence B Animated films |
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Summary: | This article argues that Western cyberpunk narratives often suggest a technologically invoked transcendence, a cyber-transcendence, which represents a new ontological sphere and offers catharsis in dystopian scenarios. While Japanese cyberpunk anime also explore the idea of cyber-transcendence, the clear distinction between immanence and transcendence often becomes blurred. Aesthetic concepts invoking transcendence can be linked to the awe-inspiring kami (deities) of Japanese Shinto, which are intertwined with the immanent sphere of reality rather than external to it. In Western cyberpunk, cyber-transcendence seems to provide the sense of depth that Paul Tillich labels the "dimension of religion", in contrast to postmodernist meaninglessness. Cyberpunk anime provide an understanding of transcendence as a religious dimension that exists within reality. |
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ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.9:2023.2.3 |