The Contemporary Quarrel Between Performance and Literature? Reflections on Performance (and) Philosophy
This article argues for an understanding of performance as being motivated by a principle of autotelicity that suspends all considerations other than those of the performance itself as it unfolds in creative free play. It is argued that it is this ‘principle of performance’ that underpinned Plato’s...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Performance Philosophy
2015-04-01
|
| Series: | Performance Philosophy |
| Online Access: | https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/12 |