Rhapsody For The Theatre
Synopsis
For Alain Badiou, theatre--unlike cinema--is the place for the staging of a truly emancipatory collective subject. In this sense theatre is, of all the arts, the one strictly homologous to politics: both theatre and politics depend on a limited set of texts or statements, collectively enacted by a group of actors or militants, which put a limit on the excessive power of the state. This explains why the history of theatre has always been inseparable from a history of state repression and censorship.This definitive collection includes not only Badiou's pamphlet Rhapsody for the Theatre but also essays on Jean-Paul Sartre, on the political destiny of contemporary theatre, and on Badiou's own work as a playwright, as author of the Ahmed Tetralogy.
- Copyright:
- 2013 Bruno Bosteels
Book Details
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781781681862
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Date of Addition:
- 2015-08-29T05:57:04Z
- Language:
- English
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- This is a copyrighted book.