The Mind-Body Stage: Passion and Interaction in the Cartesian Theater

by R. Darren Gobert

Descartes's notion of subjectivity changed the way characters would be written, performed by actors, and received by audiences. His coordinate system reshaped how theatrical space would be conceived and built. His theory of the passions revolutionized our understanding of the emotional exchange between spectacle and spectators. Yet theater scholars have not seen Descartes's transformational impact on theater history. Nor have philosophers looked...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804786380
• ISBN13: 9780804786386
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"