In praise of theatre
By: Alain Badiou with Nicolas Truong ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Andrew Bielski
Contributors: Truong, Nicolas, author
Edition: English edition.
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780745686967; 9780745686974
Subjects: Philosophy; Theater
Work titles: Éloge du théâtre
Description: "This book, certain to be of great interest to scholars and theatre practitioners alike, elaborates the theory of theatre developed by Badiou in works such as Rhapsody for the Theatre and the Handbook of Inaesthetics by inquiring into the status of a theatre that might be adequate to our 'contemporary, market-oriented chaos.'" -- back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Alain Badiou and the untimely stage : translator's introduction; title: Defense of an endangered art; title: Theatre and philosophy, story of an old couple; title: Between dance and cinema; title: Political stages; title: The place of the spectator.