Rhapsody for the Theatre (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	December 2013
Authors:	Alain Badiou
Introduction by:	Bruno Bosteels
Translators:	Bruno Bosteels
Dimensions:	218 x 144 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-78168-126-8
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN:	1-78168-126-0
Barcode:	9781781681268

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