PLATO, SHAKESPEARE, ACTORS, AND POPULAR CULTURE (Platon, Szekspir, aktorzy i kultura masowa)

• Authors: Ochocki Aleksander
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper demonstrates Plato's efforts to emancipate reason from the influence of mythological tradition developed among others by 'myth-creative' mimetic art that plays at mass audience's heart strings (Plato's 'Ion' is watched by twenty-thousand strong audience). As a result, the sphere of affects were marginalized later on by Christianity. Shakespeare appears here as one of the first liberators of that affective sphere, and as a fighter for artists' dignity, especially theatre artists. Brecht appears as a representative of the next wave of emancipation, who, like Plato before him, tries to empower the public and make him a subject. The theme of an actor and the fight for his dignity is an example of development of the significance of individuality in Europe's history.

Keywords

EN

ACTOR AND HIS DIGNITY; PLATO; PUBLIC; SHAKESPEARE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Warsaw University, Institute of Philosophy, Institute of Polish Literature and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
• Journal: Przeglad Filozoficzno-Literacki (Philosophical/Literary Review)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 4(25)
• Pages: 517-528
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ochocki Aleksander

• Aleksander Ochocki, Uniwerrsytet Warszawski, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, 00-047 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA077022