Choreographing Agonism: Politics, Strategies and Performances of the Left

by Goran Petrovic-Lotina

Overview

In Choreographing Agonism, author Goran Petrović Lotina offers new insight into the connections between politics and performance. Exploring the political and philosophical roots of a number of recent leftist civil movements, Petrović Lotina forcefully argues for a re-imagining of artistic performance as an instrument of democracy capable of contesting a dominant politics.

Inspired by post-Marxist theories of discourse theory, hegemony, conflict, and pluralism, and using tension as a guiding philosophical, political, and artistic force, the book expands the politico-philosophical debate on theories of performance. It offers both scholars and practitioners of performance a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which artistic performance can be viewed politically as ‘agonistic choreo-political practice,’ a powerful strategy for mobilising alternative ways of living together and invigorating democracy.

Choreographing Agonism makes a boldand innovative contribution to the discussion of political and philosophical thought in the field of Performance Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030794460
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	10/15/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	667 KB

About the Author

Born in Yugoslavia, Goran Petrović Lotina is an author, scholar, and curator who has published widely on the interplay between art, politics, and theory. Prior to obtaining his PhD at the University of Ghent, he studied at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of Belgrade. Currently, he is Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris.  Petrović Lotina is Founder and Co-curator of Fogo Island Film, an international film program held in Newfoundland, Canada, and is a member of l'Association internationale des critiques d'art.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Constructing the people.- Chapter 3. The choreography of articulation.- Chapter 4. Political strategies and Performance Studies.- Chapter 5. Discourse theory and artistic performances.- Chapter 6. Tension: a guiding force in performance, philosophy, and politics.- Chapter 7. Drama: an encounter between the performance and the audience.- Chapter 8. Affects and opinion formation.- Chapter 9. Identifications.- Bibliography.- Index.                                                           

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Original, erudite, and timely, this book pushes performance studies beyond anarchic and absolute models of democracy and toward agonistic perspectives that engage political institutions. Providing a rigorous analysis of competing political, economic, and philosophical perspectives, Goran Petrović-Lotina encourages a rethinking of the relationship between politics, performance, and performance theory.”

—Janet O’Shea, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Editorial Reviews

Choreographing Agonism is a unique and timely addition to the intersecting fields of politico-philosophical thought and performance studies, offering new interdisciplinary connections between structures of thought underscored by a passionate political impulse.” (Tom Drayton, European Journal of Theatre and Performance, Issue 4, June, 2022)

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