Distributed cognition, Shakespeare's theatre, and the dogma of harmony.
The field of distributed cognition has been accused of being overly concerned with the "dogma of harmony," valuing smoothness and success and neglecting moments of failure, contingency, noise, and chaos. This paper examines this proposition through a historical case study. Performances, whether thea...
| Published in: | Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 599 - 606 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Springer Nature
May2025
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=185071262&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 185071262 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01677411 NM2 jtl: Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy issn: 01677411 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2025 vid: 44 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 185071262 10.1007/s11245-024-10150-8 ppf: 599 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 638KB tig: atl: Distributed cognition, Shakespeare's theatre, and the dogma of harmony. aug: au: Tribble, Evelyn affil: https://ror.org/02der9h97 University of Connecticut, 06268, Storrs, CT, USA su: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Failure (Psychology) Cognition Dogma Affect (Psychology) Costume sug: subj: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Failure (Psychology) Cognition Dogma Affect (Psychology) Costume keyword: Affective technologies Cognitive ecology Distributed cognition Extended mind Performance Shakespeare ab: The field of distributed cognition has been accused of being overly concerned with the "dogma of harmony," valuing smoothness and success and neglecting moments of failure, contingency, noise, and chaos. This paper examines this proposition through a historical case study. Performances, whether theatrical or cinematic, depend upon deploying powerful cognitive, affective and symbolic technologies, tools that can that at times elude or escape full control. I ask whether the use of such technologies—including verbal, gestural, visual (lighting, cinematic technologies such as the close-up and montage); aural (song, music, score); material (costumes, props)—can at times work against the aims and interests of both creators and audiences. My case study is the question of chauvinism and pro-war sentiment in productions of Henry V. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy is a copyright of Springer, 2025. All Rights Reserved. item: Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|