Destruction in the performative [electronic resource] / edited and with an introduction by Alice Lagaay and Michael Lorber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lagaay, Alice.

Lorber, Michael.

Series:

Critical studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 36.

Critical studies ; v. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performative (Philosophy).

Creative destruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cultural transformation tends to be described in one of two ways: either with reference to what comes about, is created or emerges in the process of change or with reference to what is destroyed or obscured in that process. Within a performative paradigm, that is, from a perspective which focuses on the manner in which social and cultural reality is constituted or brought about by human activity, theorists have, in recent years, tended to underline the productive aspects of transformation by emphasising the creative thrust of performative processes and events. In so doing, this perspective has tended to overlook the extent to which a certain destructive element may in fact be inherent to such performative processes. Drawing upon a range of historical and contemporary constellations of socio-cultural change and a variety of different types of events and activities, the articles in this volume describe different forms of destruction and their respective role in processes of transformation. Their shared aim is to explore the manner in which destructivity, such as the destabilisation and destruction of orders, subjects and bodies, can be grasped by concepts of performativity. In other words, to what extent may a certain destructive dynamic be inscribed within this very notion?

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Alice Lagaay and Michael Lorber

Introduction: Destruction in the Performative / Alice Lagaay and Michael Lorber

Recognition and Disrespect: Lordship and Bondage in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit / Steffen K. Herrmann

Hegemonic Listening and Subversive Silences: Ethical-political Imperatives / Nikita Dhawan

Two Saints and the Power of the Auditive / Rebecca Wolf

Acoustic Violence in Contemporary German Theatre / Jenny Schrödl

Asceticism Poses a Threat: The Enactment of Voluntary Hunger / Barbara Gronau

Salomania – Trans and Trans-temporal: A Queer Archaeology of Destructiveness / Renate Lorenz

Masochistic Self-shattering between Destructiveness and Productivity / Volker Woltersdorff

Triggering Latency Zones in Modern Society: Richard Serra’s Sculptures within the Urban Setting / Kristiane Hasselmann

Creative Destructions: Gabriel Tarde’s Concept of a Passionate Economy / Katja Rothe

Code Decay: Organizational Performance and Destructivity / Robert Schmidt

List of Contributors / Alice Lagaay and Michael Lorber.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

94-012-0741-0

OCLC:

779881714

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401207416 DOI