Performatyka – teoria katastrof?
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2014
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Performance studies – the theory of catastrophes?
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The author of Performatyka – teoria katastrof? [“Performance studies – the theory of catastrophes?”],
which is a cross-sectional investigation into performance studies, tracks the trains of
thought about catastrophes in different theories of performativity, ranging from J. L. Austin’s to Jon
McKenzie’s ideas. Of particular interest is how particular theoreticians integrate the term ‘catastrophe’
into their conceptual frameworks and how they evaluate it. By criticizing the approach
taken by Judith Butler, who postulates “melancholic performance studies”, which brings to mind
Adorno’s idea that is explicated in Minima Moralia (traurige Wissenschaft), the author tries to
show how we can productively use Austin’s theses that are presented in the first chapters of his
famous How to Do Things with Words. In the author’s opinion, Austin allows us to approach
communicational catastrophes from a different perspective, which is often forgotten, i.e. of the
functioning of contextual systems. It is shown that the tension between felicity and infelicity may
be at the core of the popularity of performativity which is understood as a tool for researching
contemporary cultural phenomena.
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Przestrzenie Teorii, 2014, nr 22, s. 117-138
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978-83-232-2827-1