Choreographing Agonism: Politics, Strategies and Performances of the Left

In Choreographing Agonism, author Goran Petrovic Lotina offers new insight into the connections between politics and performance. Exploring the political and philosophical roots of a number of recent leftist civil movements, Petrovic Lotina forcefully argues for a re-imagining of artistic performance as an instrument of democracy capable of contesting a dominant politics. Inspired by post-Marxist theories of discourse theory, hegemony, conflict, and pluralism, and using tension as a guiding philosophical, political, and artistic force, the book expands the politico-philosophical debate on theories of performance. It offers both scholars and practitioners of performance a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which artistic performance can be viewed politically as ‘agonistic choreo-political practice,’ a powerful strategy for mobilising alternative ways of living together and invigorating democracy. Choreographing Agonism makes a bold and innovative contribution to the discussion of political and philosophical thought in the field of Performance Studies.

• | Author: Goran Petrovic-Lotina
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Oct 16, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Performing Arts
• | ISBN-10: 3030794482
• | ISBN-13: 9783030794484