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The Performer

Art, Life, Politics

by Richard Sennett
Paul Boehmer
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An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics

In The Performer, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than on words. Sennett is particularly attuned to the ways in which the rituals of ordinary life are performances.

The book draws on history and sociology, and more personally on the author's early career as a professional cellist, as well as on his later work as a city planner and social thinker. It traces the evolution of performing spaces in the city; the emergence of actors, musicians, and dancers as independent artists; the inequality between performer and spectator; the uneasy relations between artistic creation and social and religious ritual; the uses and abuses of acting by politicians. The Janus-faced art of performing is both destructive and civilizing.

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    April 30, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9798855539974
      • File size: 287874 KB
      • Duration: 09:59:44

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In this rich audiobook about all kinds of performance, narrator Paul Boehmer's slow pacing and palpable understanding of the material fit the author's broad thinking. Boehmer sounds perfectly compatible with Sennett's stature and advanced age (81). Sennett's writing is always broad and moving and, in this case, has particular relevance to the political performances that captivate so many people today. Boehmer's clear enunciation and nuanced phrasing make the sociologist's often stunning insights even more meaningful. With his detailed grasp of history, Sennett shows how clothing, posture, and body gestures can make other people see what we want them to see, even putting them into a near trance. Sennett's compelling perspectives and Boehmer's performance make this a must-hear antidote for this age of alternative facts and malignant showmanship. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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