Performing human consciousness

• Verfasst von: Dodd, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Performing human consciousness
• Titelzusatz: a philosophical investigation into the staging of the mind
• Verf.angabe: Vanessa Dodd
• Verlagsort: London ; New York
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2025
• Umfang: viii, 125 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-032-38314-9
• ISBN: 978-1-032-38315-6
• Schlagwörter: (s)Philosophy of Mind / (s)Kognitive Psychologie
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Dodd, Vanessa: Performing human consciousness. - London : Routledge, 2024 |(DLC)2024004032
• Sach-SW: ART060000
• Sach-SW: Cognition & cognitive psychology
• Sach-SW: Kognitive Psychologie
• Sach-SW: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
• Sach-SW: PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body
• Sach-SW: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology
• Sach-SW: Performance art
• Sach-SW: Performancekunst
• Sach-SW: Philosophie des Geistes
• Sach-SW: Philosophy of mind
• Sach-SW: Theaterwissenschaft
• Sach-SW: Theatre studies
• K10plus-PPN: 1883835267

Abstract

"Is the mind like a theatrical performance? This comparison has often been used as a conceptual tool by neuroscientists, philosophers, and psychologists in trying to understand what constitutes the human mind, and in particular how the comings and goings and the character transformations on the stage and in the scripted text give us visible access to the hidden workings of the human mind. Performing Human Consciousness makes use of this metaphor to explore the variety of ways in which the private thoughts and feelings we all have bring into play many aspects of persistent philosophical questions over how the essentially private world of personal experiences can relate to and communicate with the common public world. To investigate this generalisation in more detail, the author brings into play her own conscious experiences by making use of an auto-inscribed play Being Me. Through this dramatic medium she seeks to show in detail how phenomenal consciousness is captured through the dramatic play text and thereby made known to others through performance of that text. Broadening out her argument further, the author then embarks on an enquiry into a selection of play texts from an historical variety of perspectives, from the early Greek and Medieval dramas, through to the Symbolist period and onwards to the present day, demonstrating the variety of ways in which they illustrate her argument. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre & performance and scriptwriting"--

Abstract

This study reveals the socially binding importance of the integrated enterprise of theatre: performance and text in the cultural arena