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Performing Antagonism: Theatre, Performance & Radical Democracy
Tony Fisher (Ed.)
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Description for Performing Antagonism: Theatre, Performance & Radical Democracy
Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Tony; Katsouraki, Eve. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 606.
This book combines performance analysis with contemporary political philosophy to advance new ways of understanding both political performance and the performativity of the politics of the street. Our times are pre-eminently political times and have drawn radical responses from many theatre and performance practitioners. However, a decade of conflict in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the eruption of new social movements around the world, the growth of anti-capitalist and anti-globalisation struggles, the upsurge of protests against the blockades of neoliberalism, and the rising tide of dissent and anger against ... Read more
This book combines performance analysis with contemporary political philosophy to advance new ways of understanding both political performance and the performativity of the politics of the street. Our times are pre-eminently political times and have drawn radical responses from many theatre and performance practitioners. However, a decade of conflict in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the eruption of new social movements around the world, the growth of anti-capitalist and anti-globalisation struggles, the upsurge of protests against the blockades of neoliberalism, and the rising tide of dissent and anger against ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Performance Philosophy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
351
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349950997
SKU
V9781349950997
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99-15
About Tony Fisher (Ed.)
Tony Fisher is Reader in Theatre and Philosophy at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK, where he is the director of studies for the research degrees programme and course leader on MA/MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media. He has published a number of essays on performance, theatre and politics and philosophy. ... Read more
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