Drama, Politics, and Evolution

Cliodynamics in Play

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

AvBruce McConachie,Bruce Mcconachie

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This book outlines the evolution of our political nature over two million years and explores many of the rituals, plays, films, and other performances that gave voice and legitimacy to various political regimes in our species’ history.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-27
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt411 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCognitive Studies in Literature and Performance
Antal sidor295
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030813796

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Since retiring from the University of Pittsburgh, Bruce McConachie has published Theatre Histories: An Introduction (3rd edn) with three co-authors and The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science, co-authored with Rick Kemp. Previous single-authored books include: Melodramatic Formations: American Theatre and Society, 1820-1870 (1992), American Theatre in the Culture of the Cold War (2003), Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre (2008), Theatre and Mind (2013), and Evolution, Cognition, and Performance (2015). A past President of the American Society for Theatre Research, he also continues to serve as an editor and reader for several academic publishers.

Chapter 1: Genes, Culture and History in Coevolution.- Chapter 2: Cultural Performatives in History.- Chapter 3: Coevolution in the Pleistocene.- Chapter 4: Destructive Creation in World History.- Chapter 5: Post-war Hegemony and the Reagan Reversal, 1945-1985.- Chapter 6: Neoliberalism and Political Realignment, 1980-2015.- Chapter 7: The Better Angels of Our Nature or the Age of Trump, 2000-2020.

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