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Simon Critchley. Tragedy as a Medium

Title:Simon Critchley. Tragedy as a Medium
Date:06/03/2011Length:1:02:21
Simon Critchley, philosopher and author, fields questions about the nature of tragedy, theater as a medium, and Plato and Aristotle's relationship to ancient Greek tragedy. In this lecture Simon Critchley discusses the concepts of recognition, catharsis, affect, dialtheism, grief, lamentation, technology, autonomy, subjectivity and law in relation to Euripides, Judith Butler, Martin Heidegger, Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht focusing on gender, mourning and media theory. European Graduate School EGS