| Rhapsody for the Theatre Contributor(s): Badiou, Alain (Author), Bosteels, Bruno (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1781681252 ISBN-13: 9781781681251 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers |
| Dewey: 792.01 |
| LCCN: 2013497620 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |