
Destruction in the Performative
Rodopi (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-90-420-3457-0 (ISBN)
Description
Cultural transformation tends to be described in one of two ways: either with reference to what comes about, is created or emerges in the process of change or with reference to what is destroyed or obscured in that process. Within a performative paradigm, that is, from a perspective which focuses on the manner in which social and cultural reality is constituted or brought about by human activity, theorists have, in recent years, tended to underline the productive aspects of transformation by emphasising the creative thrust of performative processes and events. In so doing, this perspective has tended to overlook the extent to which a certain destructive element may in fact be inherent to such performative processes. Drawing upon a range of historical and contemporary constellations of socio-cultural change and a variety of different types of events and activities, the articles in this volume describe different forms of destruction and their respective role in processes of transformation.
Their shared aim is to explore the manner in which destructivity, such as the destabilisation and destruction of orders, subjects and bodies, can be grasped by concepts of performativity. In other words, to what extent may a certain destructive dynamic be inscribed within this very notion?
Their shared aim is to explore the manner in which destructivity, such as the destabilisation and destruction of orders, subjects and bodies, can be grasped by concepts of performativity. In other words, to what extent may a certain destructive dynamic be inscribed within this very notion?
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
355 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-3457-0 (9789042034570)
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Content
Alice Lagaay and Michael Lorber: Introduction: Destruction in the Performative
Language, Music, Noise
Steffen K. Herrmann: Recognition and Disrespect: Lordship and Bondage in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Nikita Dhawan: Hegemonic Listening and Subversive Silences: Ethical-political Imperatives
Rebecca Wolf: Two Saints and the Power of the Auditive
Jenny Schroedl: Acoustic Violence in Contemporary German Theatre
Embodiment, Identity, Ecstasy
Barbara Gronau: Asceticism Poses a Threat: The Enactment of Voluntary Hunger
Renate Lorenz: Salomania - Trans and Trans-temporal: A Queer Archaeology of Destructiveness
Volker Woltersdorff: Masochistic Self-shattering between Destructiveness and Productivity
Things, Spaces, Networks
Kristiane Hasselmann: Triggering Latency Zones in Modern Society: Richard Serra's Sculptures within the Urban Setting
Katja Rothe: Creative Destructions: Gabriel Tarde's Concept of a Passionate Economy
Robert Schmidt: Code Decay: Organizational Performance and Destructivity
List of Contributors
Language, Music, Noise
Steffen K. Herrmann: Recognition and Disrespect: Lordship and Bondage in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Nikita Dhawan: Hegemonic Listening and Subversive Silences: Ethical-political Imperatives
Rebecca Wolf: Two Saints and the Power of the Auditive
Jenny Schroedl: Acoustic Violence in Contemporary German Theatre
Embodiment, Identity, Ecstasy
Barbara Gronau: Asceticism Poses a Threat: The Enactment of Voluntary Hunger
Renate Lorenz: Salomania - Trans and Trans-temporal: A Queer Archaeology of Destructiveness
Volker Woltersdorff: Masochistic Self-shattering between Destructiveness and Productivity
Things, Spaces, Networks
Kristiane Hasselmann: Triggering Latency Zones in Modern Society: Richard Serra's Sculptures within the Urban Setting
Katja Rothe: Creative Destructions: Gabriel Tarde's Concept of a Passionate Economy
Robert Schmidt: Code Decay: Organizational Performance and Destructivity
List of Contributors