Staging Philosophy: Intersections of Theater, Performance, and Philosophy

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staging philosophy Staging Philosophy Intersections of Theater, Performance, and Philosophy
edited by David Krasner and David Z. Saltz The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2006 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2009 2008 2007 2006 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Krasner, David, 1952– Staging philosophy : intersections of theater, performance, and philosophy / edited by David Krasner and David Z. Saltz. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-472-09950-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-472-09950-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06950-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-472-06950-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Performing arts—Social aspects. 2. Performing arts— Philosophy. I. Saltz, David Z., 1962– II. Title. PN1590.S6K73 2006 791.01—dc22 2006006237 acknowledgments We especially wish to thank LeAnn Fields for her commitment to this project, Rebecca Rostov for her valuable assistance, and Marcia LaBrenz for her superb copyediting. Our wives, Lynda Krasner and Lizzie Zucker Saltz, have been steady supporters throughout. We wish to thank Diane Quinn for permission to use her husband’s essay, and the Frederick Hilles Fund of Yale University for its support. The contributors deserve special credit; it is their intellectual insights that enlighten this work. Portions of Alice Rayner’s “Presenting Objects, Presenting Things” appears in Ghosts: Death’s Double and the Phenomena of Theatre (Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2006). ISBN13 978-0-472-02514-5 (electronic)
This book is dedicated to Michael Quinn and Bernard Williams. ...