Deep Drama Exploring Life as Theater
This book applies a dramaturgical perspective to familiar psychological topics including fear, greed, shame, guilt, rejection, well-being and terrorism. In presenting vivid illustrations of how our understanding of psychological problems can be enriched a
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Deep Drama
Karl E. Scheibe
Deep Drama Exploring Life as Theater
Karl E. Scheibe Wesleyan University Middletown, CT, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-62985-8 ISBN 978-3-319-62986-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62986-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017951022 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Igor Ustynskyy/gettyimages Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For David and Daniel, beloved sons.
Preface
We are the only animals who know our days are numbered. Even more, our future starts off being empty unless we fill it with plans and purposes, schedules, and routines. Imagine a series of empty slots, stretching indefinitely into the future—each of those slots representing a day. This mental exercise helps explain why we work and play, why we read—and also, by extension, why we write. The words of Annie Dillard are instructive: “Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage, and the possibility of meaningfulness, and will press upon our minds the deepest mysteries, so we may feel again their majesty and power” (1989, p. 72). Our days require enlargement and dramatization so that we might sustain an inner story of meaningfulness—thereby escaping the dry wind of nullity. This book consists of 12 essays that are extensions of the themes developed in The Drama of Everyday Life (Scheibe, 2000). Once awakened to the possibility that psychology and theater are inextricably combined, I c
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