The Drama of Ideas: Platonic Provocations in Theater and Philosophy

by Martin Puchner

Book Overview

Most philosophy has rejected the theater, denouncing it as a place of illusion or moral decay; the theater in turn has rejected philosophy, insisting that drama deals in actions, not ideas. Challenging both views, The Drama of Ideas shows that theater and philosophy have been crucially intertwined from the start.

Plato is the presiding genius of this alternative history. The Drama of Ideas presents Plato not only as a theorist of drama, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199351961
• ISBN13: 9780199351961
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"