アートと政治 Art and Politics : Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre

Davis, Walter A.

Pluto Press（2006/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780745326474
• DDC分類 700.104

基本説明

Examines art and censorship in the current political climate.

Full Description

This book explores the complex relationship between art and politics. Walter Davis uses his extensive knowledge of psychoanalysis to develop a philosophical critique of the impact that the current political climate is having on all artistic endeavour. He uses examples from a wide variety of fields including the theatre and popular culture, to show how true artistic freedom of expression is under threat from the ideological constraints imposed by contemporary capitalism.

Starting with an analysis of the censorship of the play 'My Name is Rachel Corrie', which was withdrawn from production by a major New York theatre due to political pressure, Davis shows how all art that challenges the mainstream is suppressed or distorted to suit the politics of our time - one that will not recognise the truth of human experience and the disorder at the heart of all civilization.

Contents

PART ONE-THE CORRIE CONTROVERSY: A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS

1. The Play's the Thing: Censorship, Theatre and Ideology

2. Mendacity: Progressive Theatre Under Capitalism

3. Beyond the Corrie Controversy: Manifesto for a Radical Theatre

PART TWO-IDEOLOGY: THE HEART OF THE ULCER

4. The Trouble With Truffles: On the Ideological Paralysis of the Left

5. The Humanist Tradition: The Philosophic and Rhetorical Roots of Ideological Paralysis

PART THREE-THE WAY OUT OF THE CAVE

Overture-Happy Birthday, Sam

6. The Knot at the Center: The Tragic Structure of Experience

7. An Evening With JonBenét Ramsey

8. Between Two Deaths: Life on the Row

Notes

Index