Theatrocracy is a book about the power of the theatre, how it can affect the people who experience it, and the societies within which it is embedded. It takes as its model the earliest theatrical form we possess complete plays from, the classical Greek theatre of the fifth century BCE, and offers a new approach to understanding how anci
Theatrocracy is a book about the power of the theatre, how it can affect the people who experience it, and the societies within which it is embedded. It takes as its model the earliest theatrical form we possess complete plays from, the classical Greek theatre of the fifth century BCE, and offers a new approach to understanding how anci
Peter Meineck is Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University, USA. He founded Aquila Theatre in 1991 and has since produced and directed more than 50 professional classical theatre works. He has also directed several National Endowment for the Humanities classics-based public programs, including the Chairman's Special Award-winning Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives and The Warrior Chorus national veteran's program. He has written widely on ancient theatre and its reception, and has published several translations of Greek drama.
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Acknowledgements Introduction: theatre as mimetic mind Chapter 1 - Muthos: probability and prediction Chapter 2 - Opsis: the embodied view Chapter 3 - Ethos: the character of catharsis Chapter 4 - Dianoia: intention in action Chapter 5 - Melos: music and the mind Chapter 6 - Lexis: somatosensory words Chapter 7 - Metabasis: dissociation and democracy Index
Acknowledgements Introduction: theatre as mimetic mind Chapter 1 - Muthos: probability and prediction Chapter 2 - Opsis: the embodied view Chapter 3 - Ethos: the character of catharsis Chapter 4 - Dianoia: intention in action Chapter 5 - Melos: music and the mind Chapter 6 - Lexis: somatosensory words Chapter 7 - Metabasis: dissociation and democracy Index
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