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Democratic Swarms

- Ancient Comedy and the Politics of the People
Af: Page duBois Engelsk Hardback

Democratic Swarms

- Ancient Comedy and the Politics of the People
Af: Page duBois Engelsk Hardback
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Considers how ancient Greek comedy offers a model for present-day politics.   With Democratic Swarms, Page duBois revisits the role of Greek comedy in ancient politics, considering how it has been overlooked as a political medium by modern theorists and critics. Moving beyond the popular readings of ancient Greece through the lens of tragedy, she calls for a revitalized look at Greek comedy. Rather than revisiting the sufferings of Oedipus and his family or tragedy’s relationship to questions of sovereignty, this book calls for comedy—its laughter, its free speech, its wild swarming animal choruses, and its rebellious women—to inform another model of democracy.   Ancient comedy has been underplayed in the study of Greek drama. Yet, with the irrepressible energy of the comic swarm, it provides a unique perspective on everyday life, gender and sexuality, and the utopian politics of the classical period of Athenian democracy. Using the concepts of swarm intelligence and nomadic theory, duBois augments tragic thought with the resistant, utopian, libidinous, and often joyous communal legacy of comedy, and she connects the lively anti-authoritarianism of the ancient comic chorus with the social justice movements of today.  
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Considers how ancient Greek comedy offers a model for present-day politics.   With Democratic Swarms, Page duBois revisits the role of Greek comedy in ancient politics, considering how it has been overlooked as a political medium by modern theorists and critics. Moving beyond the popular readings of ancient Greece through the lens of tragedy, she calls for a revitalized look at Greek comedy. Rather than revisiting the sufferings of Oedipus and his family or tragedy’s relationship to questions of sovereignty, this book calls for comedy—its laughter, its free speech, its wild swarming animal choruses, and its rebellious women—to inform another model of democracy.   Ancient comedy has been underplayed in the study of Greek drama. Yet, with the irrepressible energy of the comic swarm, it provides a unique perspective on everyday life, gender and sexuality, and the utopian politics of the classical period of Athenian democracy. Using the concepts of swarm intelligence and nomadic theory, duBois augments tragic thought with the resistant, utopian, libidinous, and often joyous communal legacy of comedy, and she connects the lively anti-authoritarianism of the ancient comic chorus with the social justice movements of today.  
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9780226815749
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0226815749
Udg. Dato: 10 maj 2022
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 239mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 10 maj 2022
Forfatter(e): Page duBois
Forfatter(e) Page duBois


Kategori Litteraturhistorie og kritik


ISBN-13 9780226815749


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 312


Udgave


Længde 30mm


Bredde 239mm


Højde 162mm


Udg. Dato 10 maj 2022


Oplagsdato 10 maj 2022


Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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