Drama, Politics, and Evolution
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-81376-5 (ISBN)
Since retiring from the University of Pittsburgh, Bruce McConachie has published Theatre Histories: An Introduction (3rd edn) with three co-authors and The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science, co-authored with Rick Kemp. Previous single-authored books include: Melodramatic Formations: American Theatre and Society, 1820-1870 (1992), American Theatre in the Culture of the Cold War (2003), Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre (2008), Theatre and Mind (2013), and Evolution, Cognition, and Performance (2015). A past President of the American Society for Theatre Research, he also continues to serve as an editor and reader for several academic publishers.
Chapter 1: Genes, Culture and History in Coevolution.- Chapter 2: Cultural Performatives in History.- Chapter 3: Coevolution in the Pleistocene.- Chapter 4: Destructive Creation in World History.- Chapter 5: Post-war Hegemony and the Reagan Reversal, 1945-1985.- Chapter 6: Neoliberalism and Political Realignment, 1980-2015.- Chapter 7: The Better Angels of Our Nature or the Age of Trump, 2000-2020.
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.10.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance |
Zusatzinfo | XVII, 295 p. 1 illus. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 539 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Schlagworte | Brecht • Cliodynamics • Coevolution • Cognitive studies • Drama • Hollywood • Human Evolution • Pleistocene Epoch • Politics • Ritual • Theatre • Trump |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-81376-2 / 3030813762 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-81376-5 / 9783030813765 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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