Time, Consciousness and Writing
Subtitle: Peter Malekin Illuminating the Divine Darkness
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9789004382725
Subjects: Spirituality; Consciousness in literature; Time in literature; Literature, history and criticism; Drama, history and criticism
Description: "Time, Consciousness and Writing brings together a collection of critical reflections on Peter Malekin's "model of the mind", which he saw as a crucial yet often neglected aspect of critical theory in relation to theatre, literature and the arts. The volume begins with a selection of Peter Malekin's own writings that lay out his critique of western culture, its overstated claims to universal competence and validity, and lays out an alternative view of consciousness that draws partly on Asian traditions and partly on underground traditions from the west. The essays that follow, commissioned for this volume, critically examine Malekin's ideas, drawing out their implications in a variety of contexts including theatre, liturgical performance, poetry and literature. The book ends with an assessment of future prospects opened by this work."--Back cover.