Rhapsody For The Theatre
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics
| Author: | Alain Badiou | ISBN: | 9781781681862 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books | Publication: | September 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Verso | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alain Badiou |
| ISBN: | 9781781681862 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Publication: | September 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Verso |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
