interpassivity
nounEtymology Blend of interactivity + passivity, coined by cultural theorist Robert Pfaller.
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A state of passivity, particularly cognitive or emotional passivity, enabled or facilitated by the appearance or potential of interactivity
- […] interpassivity, the exact obverse of "interactivity," which refers to the sense of being active through another subject who does the job for one […]1998, Slavoj Žižek, “Cyberspace, or, How to Traverse the Fantasy in the Age of the Retreat of the Big Other”, in Public Culture, volume 10, number 3, page 483:
- A film like Wall-E exemplifies what Robert Pfaller has called ‘interpassivity’: the film performs our anti-capitalism for us, allowing us to continue to consume with impunity.2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 3, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN:
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- […] the true motivation for readymade laughter in TV comedies is interpassivity: I don't have to engage in recognising, sympathising with and interpreting the drama.2010, Juha Suoranta, Tere Vadén, Wikiworld, Pluto Press, page 133: