‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy
The article suggests that eavesdropping scenes contain the key to a fundamental dispositive of the theatre, that reinforces the intricate metatheatrical dimensions of any performance and amplifies its philosophical aspects. In order to make this claim clear, the article discusses the idea of a dispo...
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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| description | The article suggests that eavesdropping scenes contain the key to a fundamental dispositive of the theatre, that reinforces the intricate metatheatrical dimensions of any performance and amplifies its philosophical aspects. In order to make this claim clear, the article discusses the idea of a dispositive, a concept broadly taken from Foucault (1980; 1986) and applies its self-reflexive dimensions to a number of examples from different plays, in order to demonstrate as those work both as scores for performances as well as texts with a philosophical character. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90faf65750424b929a0717c7e9a683002022-12-21T23:31:45ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença2237-26602020-02-01101012042400‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophyFreddie Rokem0Tel Aviv University & University of ChicagoThe article suggests that eavesdropping scenes contain the key to a fundamental dispositive of the theatre, that reinforces the intricate metatheatrical dimensions of any performance and amplifies its philosophical aspects. In order to make this claim clear, the article discusses the idea of a dispositive, a concept broadly taken from Foucault (1980; 1986) and applies its self-reflexive dimensions to a number of examples from different plays, in order to demonstrate as those work both as scores for performances as well as texts with a philosophical character.https://www.seer.ufrgs.br/presenca/article/view/92434eavesdroppingdispositivemetatheatrephilosophy of dramaperformance philosophy |
| spellingShingle | Freddie Rokem ‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença eavesdropping dispositive metatheatre philosophy of drama performance philosophy |
| title | ‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy |
| title_full | ‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy |
| title_fullStr | ‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy |
| title_short | ‘The very cunning of the scene’: notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy |
| title_sort | the very cunning of the scene notes towards a common dispositive for theatre and philosophy |
| topic | eavesdropping dispositive metatheatre philosophy of drama performance philosophy |
| url | https://www.seer.ufrgs.br/presenca/article/view/92434 |
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