{"product_id":"rhapsody-for-the-theatre-paperback","title":"Rhapsody for the Theatre - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruno Bosteels\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Alain Badiou, theatre--unlike cinema--is the place for the staging of a truly emancipatory collective subject. In this sense theatre is, of all the arts, the one strictly homologous to politics: both theatre and politics depend on a limited set of texts or statements, collectively enacted by a group of actors or militants, which put a limit on the excessive power of the state. This explains why the history of theatre has always been inseparable from a history of state repression and censorship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis definitive collection includes not only Badiou's pamphlet \u003ci\u003eRhapsody for the Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e but also essays on Jean-Paul Sartre, on the political destiny of contemporary theatre, and on Badiou's own work as a playwright, as author of the Ahmed Tetralogy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBeing and Event\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eManifesto for Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGilles Deleuze\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Sarkozy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMetapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePolemics\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFive Lessons on Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Antiphilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruno Bosteels\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBadiou and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Marx and Freud in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Actuality of Communism\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the translator of several books by Alain Badiou: \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Can Politics Be Thought?\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Antiphilosophy? Essays on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently serves as the General Editor of \u003ci\u003eDiacritics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749629067552,"sku":"9781781681251","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5a2e34650f5a9067601d0570cb69a117.webp?v=1779935304","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rhapsody-for-the-theatre-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}