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Author:   Michael Y. Bennett
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032457055

ISBN 10:   1032457058
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   24 December 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I. Epistemology 1 “What Theatre Knows” 2 “Philosophy Learns from Performance: Imaginative Resistance” 3 “Immersive theatre, affectivity and self-understanding” 4 “Theatrical Conventions” 5 “Theatrical Works, Theatrical Performance, and Performance Practice” PART II. Politics and Ethics 6 “Theater as Democracy: Plotting Authority” 7 “Caring for the ignorant: Kent Monkman’s Critique of Modernist Aesthetics” 8 “Kant, Ibsen, and the Categorical Imperative” 9 “Radical Empathy: The Ethics of Enacting the Other” PART III. Theater and Other Arts 10 “Don’t Dismiss the Dance! The Epistemology of Musical Theater” 11 “The Machinist in the Spotlight” 12 “Film as Philosophy of Theater: The Case of Birdman and the Mind of an Actor” 13 “What Theatre Can and Can’t Do: A Response to Chatman”

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Michael Y. Bennett is an Associate Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, U.S.A. Known for his work on philosophy of theater and absurd drama, he is the author or editor of 15 books.

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