The locus of tragedy / edited by Arthur Cools ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cools, Arthur, 1967-

Series:

Studies in contemporary phenomenology ; v. 1.

Studies in contemporary phenomenology, 1875-2470 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tragic, The.

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 334 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ask for the tragic and Europe will answer. Leaving behind the philosophers’ enthusiasm of the nineteenth century, ‘tragedy’ and ‘the tragic’ now seem little more than vague containers. However, it appears that we still discover a tragic essence in our personal lives. Time and again tragedy is being registered, written down and staged. This book wants to open a contemporary philosophical perspective on the tragic. What is the locus of tragedy? Does it relate to metaphysics, the gods, destiny, and chance? Or is it a matter of ethics, of the Law and its transgression? Does man himself occupy the locus of tragedy, because of his unreasonable and boundless desires, as many philosophers have suggested? Is man today still able to account for his tragic condition? Or do we locate the tragic first and foremost in the esthetic imagination? Is not the theatrical genre of tragedy the locus authenticus of all things tragic? Is there more to the tragic than drama and play?

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / A.N.J.M. Cools , T.K.M. Crombez , J.M.J. Taels and R. Slegers

Introduction: Tragedy And Hope / Terry Eagleton

Locus Tragicus: The Problem Of Place In Greek Tragedy / David Janssens

How To Perform The Polis? Tragedy As The Locus Of Deception / Bram Van Oostveldt and Stijn Bussels

The Tragic Representation Of The Prince: The Political Theology Of Ernst Kantorowicz And The Theatricality Of Absolutism / Klaas Tindemans

Early Modern Oedipus: A Literary Approach To Christian Tragedy / Enrica Zanin

Tragédie Classique, Souveraineté Et Droit: Le Cas De Britannicus (1669) De Jean Racine / Karel Vanhaesebrouck

Modernity In Hölderlin’S Remarks On Oedipus And Antigone / Frans Van Peperstraten

Is The Tragic Always The Tragic? Kierkegaard On Antiquity And Modernity In Shakespeare / Adam Wood

Tragedy, Community Art, And Musikorgiasmus: Examining The Language Of Nietzsche’s Die Geburt Der Tragödie / Thomas Crombez

Nietzsche And The Paradox Of Tragedy / Robrecht Vandemeulebroecke

Selfhood As The Locus Of The Tragic In Paul Ricoeur’S Soi-Même Comme Un Autre / Arthur Cools

The Tragic Is Always The Tragic: Kierkegaard And Lacan On A Modern Antigone / Paul Vanden Berghe

Tragic Choices: Fate, Oedipus, And Beyond / Jens De Vleminck

Noises Off: On Ibsen / Simon Critchley

The Tragic Heroism Of Captain Ahab / Daniel Shaw

The Tragedy Of Having A Lover: The Crystallization Of Odette And Albertine In À La Recherche Du Temps Perdu / Rosa Slegers

Incest And Plague: Tragic Weapons Turned Against Tragedy In Artaud’s Theatre Of Cruelty / Laurens De Vos

Prometheus Unbound: The Rebirth Of Tragedy Out Of The Spirit Of Technology / Jos De Mul

Laughing Matters: The Unstoppable Rise Of The Comic Perspective / Johan Taels

What Should Be Said Of Tragedy Today? / Dennis J. Schmidt.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-39830-X

9786612398308

90-474-4322-5

OCLC:

592756302

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004166257.i-334 DOI