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In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou s latest work on the most complete of the arts, the theatrical stage.

Trade Review

"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!"
Slavoj Žižek

"Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda."
Terry Eagleton

"One of the most important philosophers writing today."

Joan Copjec

"An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser."
New Statesman



Table of Contents
Contents
Alain Badiou and the untimely stage: translator�s
introduction by Andrew Bielski
1. Defense of an endangered art
2. Theatre and philosophy, story of an old couple
3. Between dance and cinema
4. Political stages
5. The place of the spectator
Translator�s notes
Index

In Praise of Theatre

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 4 September 2015
      ISBN-13 9780745686974
      978-0745686974
      ISBN-10 0745686974
      Also in:
      Theatre studies Philosophy: aesthetics Books by Alain Badiou

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou s latest work on the most complete of the arts, the theatrical stage.

      Trade Review

      "A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!"
      Slavoj Žižek

      "Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda."
      Terry Eagleton

      "One of the most important philosophers writing today."

      Joan Copjec

      "An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser."
      New Statesman



      Table of Contents
      Contents
      Alain Badiou and the untimely stage: translator�s
      introduction by Andrew Bielski
      1. Defense of an endangered art
      2. Theatre and philosophy, story of an old couple
      3. Between dance and cinema
      4. Political stages
      5. The place of the spectator
      Translator�s notes
      Index

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