Philosophers and thespians : thinking performance /

Philosophers and thespians : thinking performance /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rokem, Freddie, 1945-
Imprint:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Cultural memory in the present Cultural memory in the present.
Subject:	Theater and philosophy. Drama -- Technique. PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism. Drama -- Technique. Theater and philosophy. Dramentheorie Philosophie Theater Theater. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11284369

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ISBN:	9780804775885 0804775885 9780804763493 0804763496 9780804763509 080476350X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book investigates the discursive practices of philosophy and theater/performance on the basis of actual encounters between representatives of these two fields.
Other form:	Print version: Rokem, Freddie, 1945- Philosophers and thespians. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, ©2010 9780804763493

Table of Contents:

Encounters. The first encounter : Plato's symposium
"Who's there?" : Hamlet as philosopher and thespian
Transformations of the self : the Nietzsche/Strindberg correspondence
Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht in conversation about Franz Kafka. Constellations. Accidents and catastrophes : performative agendas
Wishes, promises and threats : the performative storytelling of Walter Benjamin.