Theatre and Knowledge

David Kornhaber (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

84 Seiten

2019
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-1-352-00830-2 (ISBN)

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From Plato onwards, philosophers the world over have pondered the fraught relationship between the illusory practices of the stage and the rational pursuit of knowledge. In this engaging and accessible volume, David Kornhaber sheds new light on this ancient quarrel. Drawing on a global array of theatrical traditions and spanning millennia—from the Sanskrit dramas of classical India to Shakespeare and Greek tragedy, from the Noh drama of Japan to West End comedies and avant-grade performances.Theatre & Knowledge vividly demonstrates how questions of knowledge have long animated the theatre and continue to motivate some of its most innovative practices. As much as philosophy itself, the theatre has always been instrumental in probing the boundaries of what we can possibly know.

Concise yet thought-provoking, this is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Theatre and Philosophy.

David Kornhaber is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is co-editor of the journal Modern Drama and author of The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy: Nietzsche and the Modern Drama (2016).

Prologue
An Ancient Quarrel
Knowing
Unknowing
Gnosis
Epilogue.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Theatre And
Sprache	englisch
Maße	106 x 178 mm
Gewicht	140 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Schlagworte	Performance and Knowledge • Performance and Philosophy • Theatre and Knowledge • theatre and philosophy • Theatre and Plato • Theatre and Theory • Theatre history
ISBN-10	1-352-00830-0 / 1352008300
ISBN-13	978-1-352-00830-2 / 9781352008302
Zustand	Neuware