Bruce Wilshire

3.3k citations
37 papers · 1.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 11
Topics
Theatre and Performance Studies (5 papers)Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (4 papers)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (2 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesNetherlands

In The Last Decade

Bruce Wilshire

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play198320261997201119831983250500750

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Bruce Wilshire
Comparison fields: 5 of 105
  • Sociology and Political Science 543
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 245
  • Philosophy 171
  • Social Psychology 167
  • Education 138
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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Wilshire

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Wilshire

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All Works

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The Primal Roots of American Philosophy
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From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Playbreakdown →
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Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor.breakdown →
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Romanticism and evolution : the nineteenth century
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About Bruce Wilshire

Bruce Wilshire is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, General Psychology and Philosophy, having authored 37 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Theatre and Performance Studies (5 papers), Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (4 papers) and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (245 citations), Music (89 citations) and Philosophy (171 citations). Bruce Wilshire has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Victor Turner, Jonas A. Barish, Charles Edgley, John Martin, William D. James, Marvin Carlson, James R. Hamilton, Bonnie Marranca, Edward S. Casey and Philip Weinstein. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Journal of Higher Education and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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