Performing Antagonism by Tony Fisher

Performing Antagonism by Tony Fisher

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Summary

This book combines performance analysis with contemporary political philosophy to advance new ways of understanding both political performance and the performativity of the politics of the street. Our times are pre-eminently political times and have drawn radical responses from many theatre and performance practitioners.

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Performing Antagonism by Tony Fisher

This book combines performance analysis with contemporary political philosophy to advance new ways of understanding both political performance and the performativity of the politics of the street. Our times are pre-eminently political times and have drawn radical responses from many theatre and performance practitioners.

Tony Fisher is Reader in Theatre and Philosophy at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK, where he is the director of studies for the research degrees programme and course leader on MA/MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media. He has published a number of essays on performance, theatre and politics and philosophy.

Eve Katsouraki is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performance Studies at the University of East London, UK. She is co-editor of the peer reviewed journal Performance Philosophy, Core-Convenor for Performance Philosophy Network International, and Co-Director for the Centre for Performing Arts Development at UEL. Her research concerns the intersections of philosophy and performance, especially in relation to modernism, animals and political performance. She is currently working on a monograph on philosophy, modernism and the theatre director.

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ISBN 13 9781349957279
ISBN 10 1349957275
Title Performing Antagonism
Author Tony Fisher
Series Performance Philosophy
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2018-07-12
Number of pages 351
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.