| Title | : | Rhapsody For The Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Alain Badiou & Bruno Bosteels |
| Release | : | 2013-09-10 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Philosophy, Books, Nonfiction, Arts & Entertainment, Performing Arts |
| Size | : | 6454917 |
| 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. |
