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    Dramatic Measures: Comedy as Philosophical Paradigm
    Anglia Journal of English Philology 136 (1): 75-99. 2018.
    Tragedy’s overwhelming presence, presaged by the conspicuous absence of Aristotle’s treatise on comedy, has dominated the debate between philosophy and poetry ever since Plato, making tragedy the dominant paradigm for philosophical and performance practices. Over the last century, the gradual blurring of genre distinctions has led to George Steiner’s declaration of the ‘death of tragedy’ and to J. L. Styan’s recognition of the emergence of ‘dark comedy’, giving rise to a growing body of research…Read more
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    Genre Transgressions: Dialogues on Tragedy and Comedy (edited book)
    with Ramona Mosse
    Routledge. 2023.
    This collection gathers a set of provocative essays that sketch innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to Genre Theory in the 21st century. Focusing on the interaction between tragedy and comedy, both renowned and emerging scholarly and creative voices from philosophy, theater, literature, and cultural studies come together to engage in dialogues that reconfigure genre as social, communal, and affective. In revisiting the challenges to aesthetic categorization over the course of the 20th ce…Read more
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    Performance Knots: Crossed Threads of Anglo-American Thought and French Theory
    with David Zerbib, Julien Alliot, and Magnolia Pauker
    For the book’s coda, the co-editors conduct a roundtable interview with David Zerbib, a French scholar specializing in performance theories. “Performance Knots: Crossed Threads of Anglo-American Thought and French Theory” sheds light on the French perspective as Zerbib tries, carefully, to draw out different strands of thought that weave both accord and discord in transcontinental theories and practices. Situating French Theory as an American invention, Zerbib nonetheless recognizes that Anglo-A…Read more
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    Postgraduate Update Editorial
    Nursing Inquiry 2 (3): 130-130. 1995.
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    Thinking Through Tragedy and Comedy: Some Provocations on Genre Matters
    with Ramona Mosse
    Performance Philosophy 2 (1): 130-140. 2016.
    Following the inaugural symposium entitled Thinking Through Tragedy and Comedy - Performance Philosophy and the Future of Genre hosted by the Performance Philosophy Working Group “Genres of Dramatic Thought” which took place at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry ICI Berlin in December 2014, this contribution is a series of attempts to both recapture the debates of the symposium and stake out the field of inquiry for our Working Group’s engagement within Performance Philosophy. By tracing philoso…Read more
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    Inter views in performance philosophy: crossings and conversations (edited book)
    with Julien Alliot and Magnolia Pauker
    Palgrave Macmillan. 2017.
    This book offers a glimpse of new perspectives on how philosophy performs in the gaps between thinking and acting. Bringing together perspectives from world-renowned contemporary philosophers and theorists – including Judith Butler, Alphonso Lingis, Catherine Malabou, Jon McKenzie, Martin Puchner, and Avital Ronell – this book engages with the emerging field of performance philosophy, exploring the fruitful encounters being opened across disciplines by this constantly evolving approach. Intersec…Read more