Poetics of History: Rousseau and the Theater of Originary Mimesis

by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

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Rousseau's opposition to the theater is well known: Far from purging the passions, it serves only to exacerbate them, and to render them hypocritical. But is it possible that Rousseau's texts reveal a different conception of theatrical imitation, a more originary form of mimesis? Over and against Heidegger's dismissal of Rousseau in the 1930s, and in the wake of classic readings by Jacques Derrida and Jean Starobinski, Lacoue-Labarthe asserts the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0823282333

ISBN13:9780823282333

Release Date:February 2019

Publisher:Fordham University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.1" x 7.5"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Performing Arts

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