Johannes Breuer – författare

Evolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers is the first edited volume that systematically applies evolutionary psychology to the study of the use and effects of digital games. The book is divided into four parts: Theories and Methods Emotion and Morality Social Interaction Learning and Motivation These topics reflect the main areas of digital games research as well as some of the basic categories of psychological research. The book is meant as a resource for researchers and graduate students in psychology, anthropology, media studies and communication as well as video game designers who are interested in learning more about the evolutionary roots of player behaviors and experiences.

Evolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers is the first edited volume that systematically applies evolutionary psychology to the study of the use and effects of digital games. The book is divided into four parts: Theories and Methods Emotion and Morality Social Interaction Learning and MotivationThese topics reflect the main areas of digital games research as well as some of the basic categories of psychological research. The book is meant as a resource for researchers and graduate students in psychology, anthropology, media studies and communication as well as video game designers who are interested in learning more about the evolutionary roots of player behaviors and experiences.

Evolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers is the first edited volume that systematically applies evolutionary psychology to the study of the use and effects of digital games. The book is divided into four parts:

Theories and Methods

Emotion and Morality

Social Interaction

Learning and Motivation

These topics reflect the main areas of digital games research as well as some of the basic categories of psychological research. The book is meant as a resource for researchers and graduate students in psychology, anthropology, media studies and communication as well as video game designers who are interested in learning more about the evolutionary roots of player behaviors and experiences.

Evolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers is the first edited volume that systematically applies evolutionary psychology to the study of the use and effects of digital games. The book is divided into four parts:

Theories and Methods

Emotion and Morality

Social Interaction

Learning and Motivation

These topics reflect the main areas of digital games research as well as some of the basic categories of psychological research. The book is meant as a resource for researchers and graduate students in psychology, anthropology, media studies and communication as well as video game designers who are interested in learning more about the evolutionary roots of player behaviors and experiences.

Der zum Christentum konvertierte Rhetoriklehrer Arnobius von Sicca verfasste um 300 n. Chr. die Schrift Adversus nationes, die ein zentrales Zeugnis der intellektuellen Auseinandersetzung der frühen Christen mit der ihnen großenteils feindlichen Umwelt darstellt. Nach Überlegungen zum Spannungsfeld "Antike und Christentum" und zur literarischen Form des Werkes ermittelt Johannes Breuer die arnobianische Theorie und Praxis des Umgangs mit den antiken paganen Wissensfeldern Rhetorik, Philosophie und Dichtung. Dabei erweist sich die Analyse des Werkes unter funktionalen, forensisch-rhetorischen Kriterien als zentraler hermeneutischer Schlüssel zu einem neuen Verständnis der in der Forschung oftmals kritisierten Schrift. Arnobius stellt – im Einklang mit der bewussten literarischen Gestaltung seiner Ausführungen als Gerichtsrede sowie mit seinen argumentativen Intentionen – pagane Philosopheme, Kulte und Theologumena persuasionsdienlich nuanciert dar. Die über Arnobiusˈ apologetische Technik gewonnenen Erkenntnisse haben daher auch weitreichende Folgen für die Beurteilung des Quellenwertes seiner Aussagen für die antike Philosophie- sowie Religions- und Kirchengeschichte.

What is the role of religious aspects in legitimizing or delegitimizing violence? The articles of this volume provide an important contribution to this crucial social and scholarly debate. Analysing a broad spectrum of case studies from antiquity, they focus on religious justifications or evaluations of recommended, performed, or forbidden acts of violence - regardless of the question of their historicity. Not only late antiquity and Christianity are considered, but also pre-Christian Greek and Roman civilizations, Judaism, literary myth, and atheism. The case studies cover the period from the fifth century BCE to the fifth century CE and a broad geographical scope extending from Gaul to Israel and Egypt. This volume offers new insights into a highly topical issue.