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"...the '''sympotic''' purpose [is] to build through pleasure an enhanced or new friendship among participants...a distinction between the 'hot' culture of the symposium and the 'cold' [[culture]] of the [[book]]. In the symposium...the word could never be separated from the conditions of its enunciation."  
 
"...the '''sympotic''' purpose [is] to build through pleasure an enhanced or new friendship among participants...a distinction between the 'hot' culture of the symposium and the 'cold' [[culture]] of the [[book]]. In the symposium...the word could never be separated from the conditions of its enunciation."  
  

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"...the sympotic purpose [is] to build through pleasure an enhanced or new friendship among participants...a distinction between the 'hot' culture of the symposium and the 'cold' culture of the book. In the symposium...the word could never be separated from the conditions of its enunciation."

From: A Short History of Western Performance Spaceby David Wiles "When I enter an empty theatre, I feel a surge of anticipation, sensing the potential for intense human contact..."

  • PPS: 326 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 10, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521012740
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521012744