ABSTRACT
The book aims at reframing the discussion on the "public sphere," usually understood as the place where the public opinion is formed, through rational discussion. The aim of this book is to give an account of this rationality, and its serious shortcomings, examining the role of the media and the confusing of public roles and personal identity. It focuses in particular on the role of the theatrical and comical in the historical development of the public sphere, and in this manner reformulating definitions of common sense, personal identity, and culture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|58 pages
The Public Sphere as a Theatrical Arena of Mocking Contest: Comedy, Mask, Laughter
part II|125 pages
The Rebirth of Theatre as Comedy out of the Spirit of Byzantium
part III|56 pages
The Effect Mechanism of Commedia dell'Arte: Visions and Realities of Commedification
part IV|44 pages
The Rebirth of Commedia dell'Arte as the Avant-Garde