Peter Meineck

Theatrocracy (eBook, PDF)

Greek Drama, Cognition, and the Imperative for Theatre

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Theatrocracy is a book about the power of the theatre, how it can affect the people who experience it, and the societies within which it is embedded. It takes as its model the earliest theatrical form we possess complete plays from, the classical Greek theatre of the fifth century BCE, and offers a new approach to understanding how ancient drama operated in performance and became such an influential social, cultural and political force, inspiring and being influenced by revolutionary developments in political engagement and citizen discourse. Key performative elements of Greek theatre are analysed from the perspective of the cognitive sciences as embodied, live, enacted events, with new approaches to narrative, space, masks, movement, music, words, emotions, and empathy. This groundbreaking study combines research from the fields of the affective sciences - the study of human emotions - including cognitive theory, neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, psychiatry and cognitive archaeology, with classical, theatre and performance studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315466569
• Artikelnr.: 48786453

Autorenporträt

Peter Meineck is Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University, USA. He founded Aquila Theatre in 1991 and has since produced and directed more than 50 professional classical theatre works. He has also directed several National Endowment for the Humanities classics-based public programs, including the Chairman's Special Award-winning Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives and The Warrior Chorus national veteran's program. He has written widely on ancient theatre and its reception, and has published several translations of Greek drama.