Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism
This book looks at the connection between contemporary theatre practices and cosmopolitanism, a philosophical condition of social behaviour based on our responsibility, respect, and healthy curiosity to the other. Advocating for cosmopolitanism has become
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Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism “In Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism Yana Meerzon sets the cosmopolitan subject centre-stage and examines its philosophical origins, its importance in the contemporary political context of the global rise of demagoguery and rightwing nationalism, and its signifi cance in the contemporary theatre. This rigorous and scholarly work extends Meerzon’s existing published research on exilic performance to examine what she names as today’s ‘theatre of cosmopolitanism’. Defi ning this theatrical form as originating ‘at two axes of meaning: as a social phenomenon and as an aesthetic condition’, the book draws on a rich and complex range of sources to offer an impassioned argument for the continuing value of cosmopolitanism and the cosmopolitan subject in uncertain times.” —Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick, Senior Lecturer in Drama, University of Ulster, UK “This is an erudite and detailed study of cosmopolitan theatre, covering a range of performances from the Global North. Meerzon reviews the meaning and function of the fi gure of the ‘traveller’ in the twenty-first century in order to think about subjectivity and the ethical potential of theatre at a time of global upheaval. Timely and necessary.” —Marilena Zaroulia, Lecturer in Performance Arts, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK
Yana Meerzon
Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism
Yana Meerzon University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada
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