Acting together: The art of collective improvisation in theatre and politics
The paper analyzes the concept of collective improvisation and draws out its potentials for social and political theory. Translating the ideas of collective improvisation from their original context in the theatre into the field of political thought, I argue that they offer a new understand...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Filozofija i Društvo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2017/0353-57381701032V.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper analyzes the concept of collective improvisation and draws out its
potentials for social and political theory. Translating the ideas of
collective improvisation from their original context in the theatre into the
field of political thought, I argue that they offer a new understanding of
political action by reevaluating the concepts of dissensus (Rancière) and
community (Nancy), as well as the ways in which politics as a system needs to
produce collectively binding decisions (Luhmann). I conclude that the ideas
inherent in the practice of collective improvisation, as it has been
developed within the tradition of modern theatre improvisation, subvert our
intuitive ways of thinking about politics and thereby offer an alternative
model of being and acting together. |
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| ISSN: | 0353-5738 2334-8577 |