Michael Y. Bennett is an Associate Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, U.S.A. Known for his work on philosophy of theater and absurd drama, he is the author or editor of 15 books.

• Part 1 Epistemology 1. What Theatre Knows: From Ludwig Wittgenstein to Richard Foreman 2. Philosophy Learns from Performance: Imaginative Resistance 3. Immersive Theatre, Affectivity and Self‑Understanding 4. Origins of Theatrical Conventions 5. Theatrical Works, Theatrical Performances, and Performance Practice Part 2 Politics and Ethics 6. Theater as Democracy 7. Caring for the Ignorant: Kent Monkman’s Philosophical Theatre 8. Kant, Ibsen, and the Categorical Imperative 9. Radical Empathy: The Ethics of Enacting the Ethnic Other Part 3 Theater and Other Arts 10. Dance in Musical Theater: Moving Beyond Divertissement 11. Spotlight on the Machinist 12. Film as Philosophy of Theater: The Case of Birdman and the Mind of an Actor 13. What Theatre Can and Can’t Do: Playing off Chatman

Michael Y. Bennett is an Associate Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, U.S.A. Known for his work on philosophy of theater and absurd drama, he is the author or editor of 15 books.

• Part 1 Epistemology 1. What Theatre Knows: From Ludwig Wittgenstein to Richard Foreman 2. Philosophy Learns from Performance: Imaginative Resistance 3. Immersive Theatre, Affectivity and Self‑Understanding 4. Origins of Theatrical Conventions 5. Theatrical Works, Theatrical Performances, and Performance Practice Part 2 Politics and Ethics 6. Theater as Democracy 7. Caring for the Ignorant: Kent Monkman’s Philosophical Theatre 8. Kant, Ibsen, and the Categorical Imperative 9. Radical Empathy: The Ethics of Enacting the Ethnic Other Part 3 Theater and Other Arts 10. Dance in Musical Theater: Moving Beyond Divertissement 11. Spotlight on the Machinist 12. Film as Philosophy of Theater: The Case of Birdman and the Mind of an Actor 13. What Theatre Can and Can’t Do: Playing off Chatman

Michael Y. Bennett is an Associate Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, U.S.A. Known for his work on philosophy of theater and absurd drama, he is the author or editor of 15 books.

• Part 1 Epistemology 1. What Theatre Knows: From Ludwig Wittgenstein to Richard Foreman 2. Philosophy Learns from Performance: Imaginative Resistance 3. Immersive Theatre, Affectivity and Self‑Understanding 4. Origins of Theatrical Conventions 5. Theatrical Works, Theatrical Performances, and Performance Practice Part 2 Politics and Ethics 6. Theater as Democracy 7. Caring for the Ignorant: Kent Monkman’s Philosophical Theatre 8. Kant, Ibsen, and the Categorical Imperative 9. Radical Empathy: The Ethics of Enacting the Ethnic Other Part 3 Theater and Other Arts 10. Dance in Musical Theater: Moving Beyond Divertissement 11. Spotlight on the Machinist 12. Film as Philosophy of Theater: The Case of Birdman and the Mind of an Actor 13. What Theatre Can and Can’t Do: Playing off Chatman