Encounters in Performance Philosophy

Emmanuel Alloa, University of Saint Gallen, Switzerland. Arno Böhler, University of Vienna, Austria Denis Guénoun, Université Sorbonne-Paris IV Esa Kirkkopelto, University of Arts Helsinki, Finland Paul A. Kottman, New School for Social Research, USA Alice Koubová, Philosophical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Sybille Krämer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Jean-Luc Nancy, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Martin Puchner, Harvard University, USA Alan Read, Kings College, University of London, UK Nimrod Reitman, New York University, USA Freddie Rokem, Tel Aviv University, Israel Katja Rothe, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany

"Encounters in Performance Philosophy covers a wide range of theorists, in a variety of methods and from different disciplinary perspectives. ... Encounters in Performance Philosophy is a volume that not only records an already existing body of deeply vital and thoughtful practices. It also paves the way for forms of research able to incorporate process and novelty through an actual nomadism unencumbered by hubristic prescription." (Nik Wakefield, Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 25 (4), October, 2015) 'The corridors of academia have been invaded by new modalities of conveying meaningful articulation. Performance and registers of performativity now profile the most advanced cuts of philosophical presentation - some feisty, some understated and raw, often delivered with melancholic acuity and controlled dazzle. Alice Lagaay and Laura Cull have assembled a number of breakthrough essays by contributors including noted French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, that engage, by intricate yet compelling means, the dissociation between the cognitive and performative in contemporary thought.' Avital Ronell, New York University, USA

• PART I: BEGINNINGS Preface; Laura Cull and Alice Lagaay PART II: WHAT IS PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY? 1. Performance Philosophy - Staging a New Field; Laura Cull 2. Performing the Impossible - in Philosophy; Alice Lagaay in conversation with Alice Koubova PART III: ON THE STAGE 3. The Problem of the Ground: Martin Heidegger and Site-Specific Performance; Martin Puchner 4. The Face and the Profile; Denis Guenoun PART IV: ON THE ACTOR 5. On 'Bodies of Knowledge': Conceptualizing the Art of Acting; Freddie Rokem 6. The Most Mimetic Animal: An Attempt to Deconstruct the Actor's Body; Esa Kirkkopelto PART V: ON THE BODY IN/OF PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY 7. The Theatre of the Virtual. How to Stage Potentialities with Merleau-Ponty; Emmanuel Alloa 8. Staging Philosophy: Toward a Performance of Immanent Expression; Arno Bohler 9. The Gymnastics of Thought: Elsa Gindler's Networks of Knowledge; Katja Rothe PART VI: ON PERFORMATIVITY AND LANGUAGE 10. Connecting Performance and Performativity. Does it work?; Sybille Kramer 11. Downscaling Lamentation: On Trope and Fratricide; Nimrod reitman PART VII: ON TRAGEDY 12. Thinking About Philosophy and Drama Today: Three Proposals; Paul A. Kottman 13. After Tragedy; Jean-Luc Nancy PART VIII: ENDINGS 14. The Last Human Venue - Closing Time; Alan Read