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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796060303321

Autore

Layton James, Dr.

Titolo

Bergson and Durational Performance : (Re)Ma(r)king Time / / James Layton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England : , : Intellect, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-78938-624-1

1-78938-623-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 pages)

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Acting - Philosophy

Time perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Bergson and Durational Performance: (Re)Ma(r)king Time -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue: 15 April 1912 -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- 1. Bergson, Pure Memory and Pure Duration -- 2. Bergson and Durational Performance: Duration, Immersion,Participation, Ritual -- 3. Durational Performance in a Socially Accelerated Culture:Clock-Time + Network Time = No Time -- 4. Durational Performance as a Challenge toSmooth Consumption -- PART TWO -- 5. Peak Time: Bergson and Maslow -- 6. Flow Time: Bergson and Csikszentmihalyi -- 7. Time Together: Bergson and Turner -- 8. Hotel Medea: Memory, Duration and Peak-Experience inan Accelerated Culture -- 9. All These Are the Days My Friends: Duration and Flow inEinstein on the Beach -- 10. Walking, Communitas, Ritual and Transformation -- 11. Marking, Making, Remarking, Remaking Time: Bergsonand the Future of Durational Performance -- Epilogue: A Manifesto for Durational Performance -- Postscript: Arriving at the Crack of Dawn for a Plagueground Game Show -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the possibility of an alternative experience of time, one that is closer to the pure duration described by philosopher Henri Bergson. Contributes to contemporary performance analysis, philosophy and



Bergson studies and examines aspects of immersive and participatory performance, ritual and online performance. 9 b&w illus.