Crisis and the Im/possibility of Thought

Will Daddario; Theron Schmidt

doi:10.21476/PP.2018.41225

Crisis and the Im/possibility of Thought

Authors

Will Daddario Independent scholar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-0718
Theron Schmidt UNSW Sydney http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-3310

Abstract

The ubiquity of "crisis" and its sheer pervasiveness as a description of the contemporary world means that we do not so much write about crisis as much as we write from crisis. What type of thought is possible within crisis? If crisis extends to thought itself, insofar as we find ourselves in a crisis of thought (i.e., the crisis of not being able to think beyond the crisis of thought), then what kind of thinking is possible anymore? These are the questions raised by this special issue of Performance Philosophy, introduced here by the issue's co-editors.

Author Biographies

Will Daddario, Independent scholar

Will Daddario is the author of Baroque, Venice, Theatre, Philosophy (Palgrave 2017), and co-editor of two anthologies: Adorno and Performance and Manifesto Now! Instructions for Performance, Philosophy, Politics. He is also co-editor of the Performance Philosophy Book Series (with Palgrave) and an original core convener of Performance Philosophy.

Theron Schmidt, UNSW Sydney

Theron Schmidt is a writer, teacher, and artist, currently living and working on unceded Gadigal land. He has published widely on contemporary theatre and performance, participatory art practices, and politically engaged performance. He is a founding co-convener of the Performance Philosophy network and co-editor of this journal. He is also a frequent contributor and editorial board member for Performance Research, and editor of Contemporary Theatre Review’s online Interventions (www.contemporarytheatrereview.org).

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30-08-2018

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018): Crisis/Krisis

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