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The Mind-Body Stage: Passion and Interaction in the Cartesian Theater

The Mind-Body Stage: Passion and Interaction in the Cartesian Theater

Gobert, R. Darren

Hardcover

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismTheater History

ISBN10: 0804786380
ISBN13: 9780804786386
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Aug 21 2013
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Descartes's notion of subjectivity changed the way characters would be written, performed by actors, and received by audiences. His coordinate system reshaped how theatrical space would be conceived and built. His theory of the passions revolutionized our understanding of the emotional exchange between spectacle and spectators. Yet theater scholars have not seen Descartes's transformational impact on theater history. Nor have philosophers looked to this history to understand his reception and impact. After Descartes, playwrights put Cartesian characters on the stage and thematized their rational workings. Actors adapted their performances to account for new models of subjectivity and physiology. Critics theorized the theater's emotional and ethical benefits in Cartesian terms. Architects fostered these benefits by altering their designs.

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