{"product_id":"in-praise-of-theatre-hardback-9780745686967","title":"In Praise of Theatre (Hardback) 9780745686967","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Praise of Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlain Badiou (Author), Nicolas Truong (With)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745686967, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 September 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e90 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.8 x 13 x 1.4 cm, 0.231 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \t \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \t \u003cp\u003e\"One of the most important philosophers writing today.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoan Copjec\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \t \u003cp\u003e\"An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e is Alain Badiou’s latest work on the ‘most complete of the arts,’ the theatrical stage. This book, certain to be of great interest to scholars and theatre practitioners alike, elaborates the theory of the theatre developed by Badiou in works such as Rhapsody for the Theatre and the ‘Theses on Theatre’ and enquires into the status of a theatre that would be adequate to our 'contemporary, market-oriented chaos.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a departure from his usual emphasis upon canonical figures of the stage such as Bertolt Brecht and Samuel Beckett, Badiou devotes In Praise of Theatre largely to a consideration of contemporary practitioners, including Jan Fabre, Brigitte Jacques and Romeo Castellucci. In addition, the book features an incisive analysis of the precarious status of the theatre today, in which Badiou describes not only the current threats to the theatre from the right, but the far more insidious threat from the left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Alain Badiou and the untimely stage: translator�\u003cbr\u003e introduction by Andrew Bielski\u003cbr\u003e 1. Defense of an endangered art\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theatre and philosophy, story of an old couple\u003cbr\u003e 3. Between dance and cinema\u003cbr\u003e 4. Political stages\u003cbr\u003e 5. The place of the spectator\u003cbr\u003e Translator�s notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407340400920,"sku":"9780745686967","price":31.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745686967.jpg?v=1784163561","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-praise-of-theatre-hardback-9780745686967","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}