Performance Studies And Negative Epistemology: Performance Apophatics (performance Philosophy)
by Claire Maria Chambers /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores the intersection between apophaticism -
negative theology - and performance. While apophaticism in
literature and critical theory may have had its heyday in the
heady debates about negative theology and deconstruction in the
1990s, negative ways of knowing and speaking have continued to
structure conversations in theatre and performance studies around
issues of embodiment, the non- and post-human, objects, archives,
the ethics of otherness in intercultural research, and the
unreadable and inaccessible in the work of minority artists. A
great part of the history of apophaticism lies in mystic
literature. With the rise of the New Age movement, which claimed
historical mysticism as part of its genealogy, apophaticism has
often been sidelined as spirituality rather than serious study.
This book explores the intersection between apophaticism -
negative theology - and performance. While apophaticism in
literature and critical theory may have had its heyday in the
heady debates about negative theology and deconstruction in the
1990s, negative ways of knowing and speaking have continued to
structure conversations in theatre and performance studies around
issues of embodiment, the non- and post-human, objects, archives,
the ethics of otherness in intercultural research, and the
unreadable and inaccessible in the work of minority artists. A
great part of the history of apophaticism lies in mystic
literature. With the rise of the New Age movement, which claimed
historical mysticism as part of its genealogy, apophaticism has
often been sidelined as spirituality rather than serious study.
This book argues that the apophatic continues to exert a strong
influence on the discourse and culture of Western literature and
especially performance, and th
This book argues that the apophatic continues to exert a strong
influence on the discourse and culture of Western literature and
especially performance, and that by reassessing this ancient form of negative epistemology,
artists, scholars, students, and teachers alike can more deeply
engage forms of unknowing through what cannot be said and cannot be
represented in language, on the stage, and in every aspect of
social life.
at by reassessing this ancient form of negative epistemology,
artists, scholars, students, and teachers alike can more deeply
engage forms of unknowing through what cannot be said and cannot be
represented in language, on the stage, and in every aspect of
social life.
