In Praise of Theatre

A Badiou, Nicolas Truong

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Polity Press
04 September 2015

Theatre Studies; Philosophy: aesthetics

In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou's latest work on the 'most complete of the arts,' the theatrical stage. This book, certain to be of great interest to scholars and theatre practitioners alike, elaborates the theory of the theatre developed by Badiou in works such as Rhapsody for the Theatre and the 'Theses on Theatre' and enquires into the status of a theatre that would be adequate to our 'contemporary, market-oriented chaos.'

In a departure from his usual emphasis upon canonical figures of the stage such as Bertolt Brecht and Samuel Beckett, Badiou devotes In Praise of Theatre largely to a consideration of contemporary practitioners, including Jan Fabre, Brigitte Jacques and Romeo Castellucci. In addition, the book features an incisive analysis of the precarious status of the theatre today, in which Badiou describes not only the current threats to the theatre from the right, but the far more insidious threat from the left.

By: A Badiou, Nicolas Truong
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 234g
ISBN: 9780745686967
ISBN 10: 0745686966
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 04 September 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Alain Badiou and the untimely stage: translator introduction by Andrew Bielski 1. Defense of an endangered art 2. Theatre and philosophy, story of an old couple 3. Between dance and cinema 4. Political stages 5. The place of the spectator Translator s notes Index

Alain Badiou is a writer, philosopher and an Emeritus Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris. Nicolas Truong is a writer and journalist and a regular contributor to Le Monde.

Reviews for In Praise of Theatre

A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us! Slavoj i ek Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda. Terry Eagleton One of the most important philosophers writing today. Joan Copjec An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser. New Statesman