Browsing Theses by Subject "Ernest Becker"
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Heroism, Gaming, and the Rhetoric of Immortality
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-08)This dissertation examines rhetorics of heroism and immortality as they are negotiated through a variety of (new) media contexts. The dissertation demonstrates that media technologies in general, and videogames in particular, ... -
TRANSCENDENCE: Being on the Edge of Meaning
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-13)The erosion of the body, the other, and the tangible world now permeate all facets of contemporary existence, extending beyond the confines of a debilitating disease—a mode of non-existence until death. We are separating ...