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Poetics of History : Rousseau and the Theater of Originary Mimesis by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jeff Fort is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.

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Rousseau’s opposition to the theater is well known: Far from purging the passions, it serves only to exacerbate them, and to render them hypocritical. But is it possible that Rousseau’s texts reveal a different conception of theatrical imitation, a more originary form of mimesis? Over and against Heidegger’s dismissal of Rousseau in the 1930s, and in the wake of classic readings by Jacques Derrida and Jean Starobinski, Lacoue-Labarthe asserts the deeply philosophical importance of Rousseau as a

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jeff Fort
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9780823282357
Category
literary studies
Subjects
History, Philosophy, Literary Criticism
Updated
2026-03-25

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