Behind the Curtain of Phylogeny: From Theatrical Anthropocentrism to Interspecies Appreciation

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/10140819SD03-2019-240.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/10140819SD03-2019-240.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sd-2019-0014" target="_blank" >10.31577/sd-2019-0014</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Behind the Curtain of Phylogeny: From Theatrical Anthropocentrism to Interspecies Appreciation

Original language description

The theoretical essay discusses the horizontal (cultural) and the vertical (speciesism) dominance of theatre studies, i.e. its Eurocentrism and anthropocentrism. In the context of the global environmental crisis, the essay presents a critique of the field in question and suggests a benchmark of ecological relevance (Glen Love). The fallacies prevailing in theatre scholarship – especially those implicated by the current popularity of the concept of theatricality (Theatralität) and the usage of the term “theatre” to explain other cultures’ phenomena – are shown, and the arguments for transgressing speciesism (Peter Singer) in theatre are presented (animal’s mimesis, mirror neurons, theory of mind, zoosemiotics). Physiological faculties which make Homo sapiens able to perform and understand theatre are discussed in phylogenetic scope, and the interspecies continuity (homology, Ernst Haeckel) is presented as an unconscious archetypal heritage (Carl Gustav Jung, Anthony Stevens). The author argues that a revitalization of katharsis is necessary. The new formulation of the term based on interspecies empathy (Frans de Waal) should extend the boundaries of a community to include non-human individuals. The article concludes that theatre studies should contribute to the reintegration of humans to the wider environmental landscape. Possible ways how to achieve this are discussed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Slovenské divadlo / The Slovak Theatre

ISSN

0037-699X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

67

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

240-257

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85080041222