Skip to content Skip to navigation
University of Warwick
  • Study
  • |
  • Research
  • |
  • Business
  • |
  • Alumni
  • |
  • News
  • |
  • About

University of Warwick
Publications service & WRAP

Highlight your research

  • WRAP
    • Home
    • Search WRAP
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse WRAP by Year
    • Browse WRAP by Subject
    • Browse WRAP by Department
    • Browse WRAP by Funder
    • Browse Theses by Department
  • Publications Service
    • Home
    • Search Publications Service
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse Publications service by Year
    • Browse Publications service by Subject
    • Browse Publications service by Department
    • Browse Publications service by Funder
  • Help & Advice
University of Warwick

The Library

  • Login
  • Admin

Taming the political: the struggle over recognition in the politics of applied theatre

Tools
- Tools
+ Tools

Neelands, Jonothan (2007) Taming the political: the struggle over recognition in the politics of applied theatre. Research in Drama Education, Vol.12 (No.3). pp. 305-317. doi:10.1080/13569780701560388 ISSN 1356-9783.

[img] PDF
WRAP_Neelands_9074167-ie-090210-taming_the_political3.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer.

Download (172Kb)
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569780701560388

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

The emerging sub-field of applied theatre encompasses a wide range of pro-social 'alternative' theatre practices, but it also refers to a discursive practice that seeks to reconcile the apparently contradictory claims of the politics of egalitarian redistribution and the politics of difference. The argument in this paper is that this emerging political position reflects a contemporary turn towards the identity politics of recognition and away from political theatre's traditional concern with the 'old left' politics of redistribution. A critique of the discourse of applied theatre, based on the political philosophy of Nancy Fraser and James Tully, leads to a consideration of the potential of a new left politics of recognition and dialogue in which the processes of participation in social and artistic struggle are seen as the practice of civic dialogic freedom.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Theater -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Identity politics -- Great Britain, Political science -- Philosophy, Distributive justice -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: Research in Drama Education
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1356-9783
Official Date: November 2007
Dates:
DateEvent
November 2007Published
Volume: Vol.12
Number: No.3
Page Range: pp. 305-317
DOI: 10.1080/13569780701560388
Status: Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics

twitter

Email us: wrap@warwick.ac.uk
Contact Details
About Us