Second Nature

doi:10.5771/9781786615107

Second Nature

Comic Performance and Philosophy

1. Edition 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781786615107
ISBN print: 978-1-78661-509-1
ISBN online: 978-1-78661-510-7
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

This critical intervention in the study of the comic investigates how the comic act is also an expressive and performative act that precedes philosophical conceptualisation. The book puts Bergson, philosophy and the body at the centre of its investigation to explore different aspects of the field, from the history and philosophy of comedy to film and psychoanalysis. The volume develops a theoretical and practice-based framework that will be a valuable resource for students, scholars and practitioners alike in the fields of philosophy, literary studies, theatre and performance studies and comedy studies.

List of Contributors: Caterina Angela Agus, Fred Dalmasso, Lisabeth During, Xavier Escribano, Giovanni Fusetti, Davide Giovanzana, Josephine Gray, María J. Ortega Máñez, Meg Mumford, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Carolyn Shapiro, Lisa Trahair

Schlagworte

Theatre studies Jacques Lecoq Henri Bergson performance studies psychoanalysis philosophy film studies comedy studies comic performativity dance

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i–xxiv Preface i–xxiv
1–16 Chapter 1 Comedy 1–16
17–36 Chapter 2 The Two Laughters of Lecoq 17–36
37–62 Chapter 3 The Masked Comic Figure in Alain Badiou’s Philosophy 37–62
63–88 Chapter 4 The Body That Laughs and Cries 63–88
89–112 Chapter 5 Valentin, Brecht and Comic Inelasticity 89–112
113–132 Chapter 6 Happiness, Dead and Alive 113–132
133–166 Chapter 7 Living in the Doll House 133–166
167–190 Chapter 8 Trouble in Paradise? 167–190
191–208 Chapter 9 “Only What Is Born Lives” 191–208
209–232 Chapter 10 The Grotesque 209–232
233–242 Index 233–242
243–246 About the Authors 243–246

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