{"product_id":"9781781681862","title":"Rhapsody For The Theatre","description":"For Alain Badiou, theatre—unlike cinema—is the place for the staging of a truly emancipatory collective subject. In this sense theatre is, of all the arts, the one strictly homologous to politics: both theatre and politics depend on a limited set of texts or statements, collectively enacted by a group of actors or militants, which put a limit on the excessive power of the state. This explains why the history of theatre has always been inseparable from a history of state repression and censorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis definitive collection includes not only Badiou’s pamphlet \u003ci\u003eRhapsody for the Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e but also essays on Jean-Paul Sartre, on the political destiny of contemporary theatre, and on Badiou’s own work as a playwright, as author of the Ahmed Tetralogy.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164353478896,"sku":"9781781681862","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781681862_p0.jpg?v=1763717893","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781681862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}