Stoicism and performance : a joyful materialism /
Power's Stoicism and Performance presents Stoicism as a means of navigating key debates and concepts in contemporary theatre and performance. Stoicism has influenced many of the most cited radical thinkers in the discipline of theatre and performance studies; for instance Deleuze, Foucault, Kri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Rodopi,
[2020]
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| Series: | Consciousness, literature & the arts ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Philosophy. The Crystal Theatre ; Theatre and Estrangement
- 2. Emotion. The Problematic Nature of Emotions ; Working with Emotion as Stoic/Actor
- 3. Action. Action as Problematic Concept ; Action in the Theatre ; Action in Stoicism ; Action for Actors and Stoics
- 4. Body. Mind-Body Dualism ; Bodies and Limits ; Stoicism and the Neutral Body ; Contact Improvisation Dance: A Stoic Reading ;-- 5. Performativity. Napoleon and Performativity ; A Contemporary Model of Performativity ; A Stoic Version of Performativity
- 6. Joy. Joy as Affective Experience of Stoic Mode of Subjectivity ; Theories of Affect in Theatre ; Theatre and Stoic Joy
- 7. Miscellany. Mindfulness and the Present Moment ; Athletics and Stoic Performance ; Kristeva, Fantasy, and Stoic Improvisation ; Acting with Reservation ; Agamben and the Persona.
