Staging philosophy : intersections of theater, performance, and philosophy / edited by David Krasner and David Z. Saltz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krasner, David, 1952-

Saltz, David Z., 1962-

Series:

Theater--theory/text/performance.

Theater--theory/text/performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Social aspects.

Performing arts.

Performing arts--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fifteen original essays in Staging Philosophy make useful connections between the discipline of philosophy and the fields of theater and performance and use these insights to develop new theories about theater. Each of the contributorsleading scholars in the fields of performance and philosophybreaks new ground, presents new arguments, and offers new theories that will pave the way for future scholarship. Staging Philosophy raises issues of critical importance by providing case studies of various philosophical movements and schools of thought, including aesthetics, analytic philosophy, phenomenology, deconstruction, critical realism, and cognitive science. The essays, which are organized into three sectionshistory and method, presence, and receptiontake up fundamental issues such as spectatorship, empathy, ethics, theater as literature, and the essence of live performance. While some essays challenge assertions made by critics and historians of theater and performance, others analyze the assumptions of manifestos that prescribe how practitioners should go about creating texts and performances. The first book to bridge the disciplines of theater and philosophy, Staging Philosophy will provoke, stimulate, engage, and ultimately bring theater to the foreground of intellectual inquiry while it inspires further philosophical investigation into theater and performance. David Krasner is Associate Professor of Theater Studies, African American Studies, and English at Yale University. His books include A Beautiful Pageant: African American Theatre, Drama, and Performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1920 and Renaissance, Parody, and Double Consciousness in African American Theatre, 1895-1910. He is co-editor of the series Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. David Z. Saltz is Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Head of the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Georgia. He is coeditor of Theater Journal and is the principal investigator of the innovative Virtual Vaudeville project at the University of Georgia.

Contents:

Contents; David Krasner and David Z. Saltz, Introduction; PART I: History and Method; One: Julia A. Walker, The Text/Performance Split across the Analytic/Continental Divide; Two: Martin Puchner, Kenneth Burke: Theater, Philosophy, and the Limits of Performance; Three: Tobin Nellhaus, Critical Realism and Performance Strategies; PART II: Presence; Four: Philip Auslander, Humanoid Boogie: Reflections on Robotic Performance; Five: Noël Carroll, Philosophy and Drama: Performance, Interpretation, and Intentionality; Six: Suzanne M. Jaeger, Embodiment and Presence: The Ontology of Presence Recon

Seven: Jon Erickson, PresenceEight: Robert P. Crease and John Lutterbie, Technique; Nine: Alice Rayner, Presenting Objects, Presenting Things; PART III: Reception; Ten: David Z. Saltz, Infiction and Outfiction: The Role of Fiction in Theatrical Performance; Eleven: James R. Hamilton, Understanding Plays; Twelve: Bence Nanay, Perception, Action, and Identification in the Theater; Thirteen: David Krasner, Empathy and Theater; Fourteen: Mike Sell, The Voice of Blackness: The Black Arts Movement and Logocentrism; Fifteen: Michael L. Quinn, Theatricality, Convention, and the Principle of Charity

ContributorsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59754-X

9786612597541

0-472-02514-7

OCLC:

1196823280