Description |
1 online resource (167 pages) |
Series |
Liverpool Hope University studies in ethics series ; 6 |
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Liverpool Hope University studies in ethics series ; 6.
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Contents |
Forword -- Introduction -- A prologue -- Performing life, living performance -- Being yourself -- Being touched -- Crisis -- Troublesome amateurs: theatre, ethics and the labour of mimesis -- Corpsing -- The sense of an ending: notes for beginners -- Contributors -- Index |
Summary |
Ethics is, in an important sense, a matter of 'being good' but it is also a question about how to live a 'good life'. This book's emphasis on the theatrical and performative and their relationship to ethics, highlights that being good is, a matter of acting good and that acting good is a question of performing (or not-performing) certain roles and duties. This book surveys the most recent work in the field of ethics and performance, organizing this research through the metaphor of 'the good .. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Theatre studies.
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Philosophy.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Torevell, Dr. David
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ISBN |
9781443830591 |
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1443830593 |
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9786613143020 |
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6613143022 |
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