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Author Matthews, John

Title A Life of Ethics and Performance
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (167 pages)
Series Liverpool Hope University studies in ethics series ; 6
Liverpool Hope University studies in ethics series ; 6.
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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Subject Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Theatre studies.
Philosophy.
Ethics & moral philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Torevell, Dr. David
ISBN 9781443830591
1443830593
9786613143020
6613143022