Overview
Offers new insight on the connections between politics and performance
Argues for a re-imagining of artistic performance as an instrument of democracy
Expands the politico-philosophical debate on theories of performance
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In Choreographing Agonism, author Goran Petrović Lotina offers new insight into the connections between politics and performance. Exploring the political and philosophical roots of a number of recent leftist civil movements, Petrović Lotina forcefully argues for a re-imagining of artistic performance as an instrument of democracy capable of contesting a dominant politics.
Inspired by post-Marxist theories of discourse theory, hegemony, conflict, and pluralism, and using tension as a guiding philosophical, political, and artistic force, the book expands the politico-philosophical debate on theories of performance. It offers both scholars and practitioners of performance a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which artistic performance can be viewed politically as ‘agonistic choreo-political practice,’ a powerful strategy for mobilising alternative ways of living together and invigorating democracy.
Choreographing Agonism makes a bold and innovative contribution to the discussion of political and philosophical thought in the field of Performance Studies.
Reviews
“Original, erudite, and timely, this book pushes performance studies beyond anarchic and absolute models of democracy and toward agonistic perspectives that engage political institutions. Providing a rigorous analysis of competing political, economic, and philosophical perspectives, Goran Petrović-Lotina encourages a rethinking of the relationship between politics, performance, and performance theory.”
—Janet O’Shea, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Born in Yugoslavia, Goran Petrović Lotina is an author, scholar, and curator who has published widely on the interplay between art, politics, and theory. Prior to obtaining his PhD at the University of Ghent, he studied at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of Belgrade. Currently, he is Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris. Petrović Lotina is Founder and Co-curator of Fogo Island Film, an international film program held in Newfoundland, Canada, and is a member of l'Association internationale des critiques d'art.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Choreographing Agonism
Book Subtitle: Politics, Strategies and Performances of the Left
Authors: Goran Petrović-Lotina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79446-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79445-3Published: 16 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79448-4Published: 16 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79446-0Published: 15 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 186
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Performing Arts, Dance, Political Philosophy, Cultural Studies