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Simon Critchley: Tragedy, the Greeks, and us

Artistically speaking

Friday

24 Aug

18:30
ca 1h 30min

Gothenburg City Theatre

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Simon Critchley: Tragedy, the Greeks, and us

Artistically speaking
Göteborgs stadsteater
Gothenburg
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Tragedy, the Greeks, and us is a part of the conversation series Artistically speaking.

Our time is out of joint, and our world is filled with conflict and concern. In an exclusive festival lecture, philosopher Simon Critchley appeals to the theatre to help us understand our contemporary context and to encourage our opposition. In Greek tragedy, humanity was already confronted with rage, mourning and war. And, like us, ancient audiences saw private lives and public institutions collapse before their eyes, and beautiful words conceal brutal acts of violence.

Simon Critchley is a professor at The New School for Social Research in New York, and a frequent contributor to The Guardian and The New York Times, in which he edits the column The Stone. In his work as a writer and philosopher he explores a broad spectrum of fields such as philosophy, political theory, religion, ethics, esthetics, literature and theatre, and also specific subjects such as David Bowie, football and Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Moderated by Kristina Hagström-Ståhl.

The conversation will be held in English.

The conversation series Artistically speaking is curated by Catharina Bergil, Head of the acting unit at the Academy for Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg.

Presented in collaboration with The Gothenburg City Theatre.

 

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