Product Description: Adorno and Performance offers the first comprehensive examination of the vital role of performance within the philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno. Capacious in its ramifications for contemporary life, the term 'performance' here unlocks Adorno's dialectical thought process, which aimed at overcoming the stultifying uniformity of instrumental reason...read more

Product Description: Fifteen varied essays discuss the style, language, and vision of Howard Barker, one of Britain’s most influential and controversial playwrights. An international range of academics offers illuminating interpretations of his work...read more