🔥BOOK TALK🔥
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬
di/tue 27.05 / 19u30
gratis/free
language: English

‘𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐎𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝’ (SetMargins’ Press, 2025) is a gripping detective novel set in a dystopian surveillance society.

Blending philosophy and fiction, it examines concepts like personhood and our duties to the dead.

On May the 27th, the author (𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢) will engage in a dialogue with 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (University of Ghent, Belgium) in an event where science fiction narrative intertwines with the crises and questions of our time.

Drawing on the book’s themes, the 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 will explore topics such as climate imagination and the utopian potential of (fictional) games.

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢 is a philosopher who designs digital games and a game designer who is passionate about philosophy. He is a Professor at the Institute of Digital Games (University of Malta). Among his monographic books are ‘Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools’ (Palgrave, 2015), Virtual Existentialism (Palgrave Pivot, 2020 – with Daniel Vella), ‘Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play’ (Bloomsbury, 2023 – with Riccardo Fassone), and ‘The Clouds’ (Routledge, 2024). Find out more about him and his work at www.gua-le-ni.com.

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