Böcker av Christopher (New York University) Collins

This treatise proposes that reading written texts be regarded as a performance, a unique kind of play that transposes what had once been an oral-dramatic situation into an imaginary stage. The author supplies models drawn from the psychology of play to support his theory.

Since 9/11, America has presented itself to the world as a Christianist culture, no less antimodern and nostalgic for an idealized past than its Islamist foes. Their shared master-narrative might sound like this: Once upon a time, the values of the righteous community coincided with those of the state.