"Theory for Performance Studies: A Student's Guide" is a clear and concise handbook to the key connections between performance studies and critical theory since the 1960s. Philip Auslander looks at the way the concept of performance has been engaged across a number of disciplines.

Beginning with four foundational figures – Freud, Marz, Nietzsche and Saussure – Auslander goes on to provide guided introductions to the major theoretical thinkers of the past century, from Althusser to Žižek. Each entry offers biographical, theoretical, and bibliographical information along with a discussion of each figure's relevance to theatre and performance studies and suggestions for future research.

Brisk, thoughtful, and engaging, this is an essential first volume for anyone at work in theatre and performance studies today.

《演研究的理论。学生指南》是一本简明扼要的手册，介绍了自20世纪60年代以来行为研究与批评理论之间的关键联系。菲利普-奥斯兰德审视了表演概念在众多学科中的参与方式。

从四个基础人物--弗洛伊德、马尔兹、尼采和索绪尔--开始，奥斯兰德接着对上个世纪的主要理论思想家，从阿尔都塞到日泽克，进行了指导性介绍。每个条目都提供了传记、理论和书目信息，并讨论了每个人物与戏剧和表演研究的相关性，以及对未来研究的建议。

本书节奏明快，思想深刻，引人入胜，是当今从事戏剧和表演研究的人必不可少的第一卷。