Synopses & Reviews
The papers in this issue cover: Indian theater aesthetics and philosophy, actors and critics voice their experimental points of view, a discussion of the nature of consciousness in Shakespeare's Hamlet, an analysis of altered states of consciousness as experienced by Walter Benjamin.
This issue will be of particular interest to theater practitioners and educators and aims to further the debate on the psychophysical connections in performance.
Synopsis
This is volume 1, part 4 of the Performing Arts International forum. This collection of essays covers a breadth of topics on the theme of consciousness; addressing the trend of studies trying to put human experience into more concrete, cogent, less poetic and metaphorical terms. Major issues raised by the essays are summarised, and a hypothesis serving as a stimulus for further research and debate is suggested by the volume's conclusion.