Comedy and the Public Sphere

The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena

AvArpad Szakolczai

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

The book aims at reframing the discussion on the "public sphere," usually understood as the place where the public opinion is formed, through rational discussion. The aim of this book is to give an account of this rationality, and its serious shortcomings, examining the role of the media and the confusing of public roles and personal identity. It focuses in particular on the role of the theatrical and comical in the historical development of the public sphere, and in this manner reformulating definitions of common sense, personal identity, and culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-05-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:521 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Antal sidor:358
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138920668

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Teater inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Arpad Szakolczai is Professor of Sociology at University College Cork, Ireland.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Part 1: The Public Sphere as a Theatrical Arena of Mocking Contest: Comedy, Mask, Laughter 1. The Public and Its Masks: Permanent Hyper-Critique and Hypocritical Performance 2. Nietzsche’s Intuitions: From Theatre Through Humanist Philology to Richard Wagner, or the Genealogy of the Modern World As Stage 3. Ridiculing as Public Weapon Part 2: The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy out of the Spirit of the Byzantium 4. The Byzantine Spirit and Its Sources 5. Transmitting, Receiving and Nurturing the Byzantine Spirit 6. The Rise of Theatre in Venice Part 3: The Effect Mechanism of Commedia dell’Arte: Visions and Realities of Commedification 7. Commedia dell’Arte: Schismogenic Sub-Plots and Irresistible Stock-Types 8. Shakespeare: The Tragedy of World History Being a Comedy 9. Representing Representation: Visionary Images of Commedia dell’Arte Part 4: The Rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte as the Avant-garde 10. The Rebirth of Pierrot as Suffering Victim 11. Obsessed with Paris and Public Fame: Richard Wagner, the Mimomaniac Revolutionary 12. Pierrot and Pulcinella in Between Paris and Petersburg: The Avant-Garde of Diaghilev and Meyerhold. Conclusion.