Poetics of History - Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

By Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

Release Date: 2019-05-02

Genre: Theater

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Rousseau's opposition to the theater is well known: But is it possible that Rousseau's texts reveal a different conception of theatrical imitation? This short but potent text from a powerful European thinker places Rousseau at the origin of modern speculative philosophy by showing that his thinking on the theater articulates a radical thinking of originary mimesis that was to inflect the future of philosophy.

Poetics of History - Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

By Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

Release Date: 2019-05-02

Genre: Theater

(0 ratings)
Rousseau's opposition to the theater is well known: But is it possible that Rousseau's texts reveal a different conception of theatrical imitation? This short but potent text from a powerful European thinker places Rousseau at the origin of modern speculative philosophy by showing that his thinking on the theater articulates a radical thinking of originary mimesis that was to inflect the future of philosophy.

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