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Rhapsody for the theatre

Alain Badiou ; edited and introduced by Bruno Bosteels ; translated by Bruno Bosteels with the assistance of Martin Puchner

Verso, 2013

English-language ed

  • : pbk

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"The core of the volume is made up of the translation of Rhapsodie pour le théâtre : court traité philosophique"--Introd

"Sources": p. [167]-168

Includes index

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Description

For Alain Badiou, theatre-unlike cinema-creates a space in which philosophy can be lived. It is, of all the arts, the most closely related to politics: both depend on a limited number of texts or statements, which are collectively enacted by a group of actors or militants who test the limits of the structure inn which they are confined, be it the medium of drama or the nation-state. For this reason, the history of theatre is inseparable from the history of state repression and censorship. This definitive collection of Badiou's work on the theatre includes not only the title essay "Rhapsody for the Theatre," originally published as a pamphlet in France, but also essay on Jean-Paul Sartre, on the political destiny of contemporary drama, and on Badiou's own work as a playwright.

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  • NCID
    BB14382347
  • ISBN
    • 9781781681251
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 173 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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