SCLG2629 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: John Jewel, Voltaire Foundation, Public Sphere
29 Oct 2018
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Lilti, antoine (2015) "public figures: the invention of celebrity in the eighteenth century" the voltaire. This is also the last time this course will run at the university. The word celebritization was first used in the 1565. Referring to celebretie by leading protestant reformed john jewel. Theatre and portraits: fictionalisation of real core issues eg: love, personal lives, politicians. Rousseau talks about theatre as a distraction from real life. The way we talk about film performance is a later version of acting in theatre. Theatre pushed people to the forefront of people"s attention as celebrities. Court society: organisation around performance and power relationships. Celebrity is individualistic and meritocratic:attaches to individuals not to collectivities. More individualistic social and cultural life=more expansive network of celebrities. Italian renaissance: this is when the idea of the individual first emergence. Developing of trading routes and economic prosperity for people to spend money on portraits o statues.
