Aesthetic Historicity

Aesthetic historicity emerges as a groundbreaking theoretical framework that bridges past and present, integrating artistic, intellectual, and societal impulses across eras. This model, developed through practical experiences at the Drottningholm theatre workshop, offers a multifaceted approach—serving as both a theory and a method to analyze historical artefacts and their contemporary reception. Drawing on arguments from Arendt, Postlewait, Derrida, Wiles, Jameson, and Brecht, it provides analytical tools that transcend disciplinary boundaries, enriching our understanding of historical narratives in performance and culture.

Sauter, W. (2023). Aesthetic Historicity. Performing the Eighteenth Century: Theatrical Discourses, Practices, and Artefacts, 47–80. https://doi.org/10.16993/bce.d