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Drama, Politics, and Evolution: Cliodynamics in Play

Drama, Politics, and Evolution: Cliodynamics in Play

McConachie, Bruce

Hardcover

Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 3030813762
ISBN13: 9783030813765
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Oct 26 2021
Pages: 295
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
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. Our genetic and cultural evolution during the Pleistocene Epoch bestowed a wide range of predispositions on our species that continue to shape the politics we support and the performances we enjoy. The book's case studies range from an initiation ritual in the Mbendjela tribe in the Congo to a 1947 drama by Bertolt Brecht and include a popular puppet play in Tokugawa Japan. A final section examines the gradual disintegration of social cohesion underlying the rise of polarized politics in the USA after 1965, as such films as The Godfather, Independence Day, The Dark Knight Rises, and Joker accelerated the nation's slide toward authoritarian Trumpism.

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