1st Edition
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Tragedy, Theater and Death Tadeusz Kantor and the Ontology of the Self
By Konstantinos I. Arvanitakis
Copyright 2019
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Tragedy, Theater and Death shines a spotlight on what theater, and especially tragedy, tells us about our ontological selves, by exploring both Euripides’ Bacchae and the work of Tadeusz Kantor. Focusing on the theatrical tradition of the West, the book examines Euripides’ Bacchae , a tragedy about the nature of tragedy, suggesting that the tragic can be... Read more
Introduction; PART 1; Chapter 1: Dionysos and the tragic; Chapter 2: The origin of tragedy; Chapter 3: The origin of theater; Chapter 4: Why theater; PART 2; Chapter 5: Kantor’s Theater of Death; Chapter 6: Personal confessions; Epilogue
Biography
Konstantinos I. Arvanitakis is a Training and Supervising Analyst and former Director of the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis. He is an Associated Faculty member and Professor of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, McGill University, and Emeritus Psychiatrist at the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
