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Week - 1
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Introduction: A Field Between Performance and Philosophy
Scope and methodology of the course
What is performance? How does it intersect with philosophy?
General introduction to performative philosophy |
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Week - 2
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Introduction to Performance Theory I: Fundamental Concepts
Representation
Action
Stage
The ontological status of performance |
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Week - 3
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Introduction to Performance Theory II: Ritual and Play
The relationship between ritual and performance
The concept of play
Everyday life and performativity |
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Week - 4
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Performativity: Language, Action, and Effect
J. L. Austin and speech act theory
Locution / illocution / perlocution
Performative utterances and their limits |
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Week - 5
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Critique and Expansion of Performativity
Jacques Derrida: iterability and citationality
Pierre Bourdieu: social power and performativity
Discussion of art and performativity |
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Week - 6
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Mid-term Examination |
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Week - 7
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Performative Philosophy: The Constitution of Thinking as Action
The conceptual framework of performative philosophy
The unity of thinking and acting
Your approach: experience, encounter, and process |
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Week - 8
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Textual Performativity
How does performativity operate within the text?
The relationship between writing, expression, and thought
The performative dimension of philosophical texts |
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Week - 9
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Trans-Textual Performativity
The movement of thought beyond the text
The relationship between reading, body, and action
The relation between philosophy and life |
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Week - 10
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Performativity as Experience
Performativity as a field of experience
Encounter, process, and becoming
Workshop/practice-based thinking |
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Week - 11
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With Philosophers I: Repetition, Dance, and Duration
Søren Kierkegaard: repetition
Friedrich Nietzsche: dance and the body
Henri Bergson: duration and intuition |
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Week - 12
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With Philosophers II: Body, Becoming, and Art
Maurice Merleau-Ponty: body and perception
Gilles Deleuze: becoming, difference, and art
The embodied and creative dimensions of thought |
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Week - 13
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Conclusion: The Possibilities of Performative Philosophy
General evaluation
Student presentations / performative works
The future and application areas of performative philosophy |
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Week - 14
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Student presentations / performative works
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