Performing Deception
Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring
Published on 27. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-80064-690-2 (ISBN)
Description
In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring himself.
Through this novel meditation on reasoning and skill, Rappert elevates magic from the undertaking of mere trickery to an art that offers the basis for rethinking our possibilities for acting in the modern world.
Performing Deception covers a wide range of theories in sociology, philosophy, psychology and elsewhere in order to offer a striking assessment of the way secrecy and deception are woven into social interactions, as well as the illusionary and paradoxical status of expertise.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80064-690-2 (9781800646902)
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05/2022
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Person
Brian Rappert is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs at the University of Exeter. His long term interest has been the examination of the strategic management of information. More recently he has been interested in the social, ethical, and political issues associated with researching and writing about secrets, as in his book Experimental Secrets (2009) and How to Look Good in a War (2012).