Rhapsodie pour le théâtre : Court traité philosophique

By Alain Badiou

Book Overview

For Alain Badiou, theatre--unlike cinema--is the place for the staging of a truly emancipatory collective subject. In this sense theatre is, of all the arts, the one strictly homologous to politics: both theatre and politics depend on a limited set of texts or statements, collectively enacted by a group of actors or militants, which put a limit on the excessive power of the state. This explains why the history of theatre has always been inseparable from a history of state repression and censorship. This definitive collection includes not only Badiou's pamphlet Rhapsody for the Theatre but also essays on Jean-Paul Sartre, on the political destiny of contemporary theatre, and on Badiou's own work as a playwright, as author of the Ahmed Tetralogy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781681252
• ISBN13: 9781781681251
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"