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Author | : Allan Bloom |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0226060411 |
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Taking the classical view that the political shapes man's consciousness, Allan Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist. He aims to recover Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs and to make his work once again a recognized source for the serious study of moral and political problems. In essays looking at Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice, Bloom shows how Shakespeare presents a picture of man that does not assume privileged access for only literary criticism. With this claim, he argues that political philosophy offers a comprehensive framework within which the problems of the Shakespearean heroes can be viewed. In short, he argues that Shakespeare was an eminently political author. Also included is an essay by Harry V. Jaffa on the limits of politics in King Lear. "A very good book indeed . . . one which can be recommended to all who are interested in Shakespeare." —G. P. V. Akrigg "This series of essays reminded me of the scope and depth of Shakespeare's original vision. One is left with the impression that Shakespeare really had figured out the answers to some important questions many of us no longer even know to ask."-Peter A. Thiel, CEO, PayPal, Wall Street Journal Allan Bloom was the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor on the Committee on Social Thought and the co-director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago. Harry V. Jaffa is professor emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School.
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Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2020-09-10 |
Genre | : Political plays, English |
ISBN | : 0198848617 |
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This book develops an original approach to theories of political power and seeks to show the particular value of examining these issues through the frame of Shakespeare's plays.
Author | : John Alvis |
Publisher | : Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Download Shakespeare as Political Thinker Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The essays contained in this book proceed from the common conviction that Shakespeare s poetry conveys a wisdom about politics commensurate with his artistry. Well-known thinkers discuss Shakespeare's understanding of politics, the idea of the best polity, the relationship between character and political life, and the interpenetration of poetry, politics, religion, and philosophy.
Author | : Stephen Greenblatt |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0393635767 |
Download Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."—Philip Roth World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare’s work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness of collaborators who indulge them.
Author | : Tim Spiekerman |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001-01-25 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780791448687 |
Download Shakespeare's Political Realism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores the continuing relevance of important political themes in five of Shakespeare's English History plays.
Author | : Judith S Wallerstein |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2008-08-05 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0786724471 |
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Based on the Children of Divorce Project, a landmark study of sixty families during the first five years after divorce, this enlightening and humane modern classic altered the conventional wisdom on the short- and long-term effects of family dissolution.
Author | : Joseph Alulis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Download Shakespeare's Political Pageant Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Literary works, through their very personal means of characterization, reveal the direct effect of politics on individuals in a way a political treatise cannot. The distinguished contributors to this volume share the belief that Shakespeare is the author who most effectively sets forth the multifarious pageant of politics. Shakespeare's rich canon presents monarchy and republic, tyrant and king, thinker and soldier, and Christian and pagan. The twelve essays in Shakespeare's Political Pageant discuss a broad range of Shakespeare's dramatic poetry from the perspective of the political theorist. This innovative book demonstrates the immense value of seeing Shakespeare's plays in the context of political philosophy. It will be an important source for students and scholars of both political science and literature.
Author | : John A. Murley |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2006-08-11 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0739158783 |
Download Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Political science is becoming ever more reliant on abstract statistical models and almost divorced from human judgment, hope, and idealism. William Shakespeare offers the political scientist an antidote to this methodological alienation, this self-imposed exile from the political concerns of citizens and politicians. Shakespeare, the most quoted author in the English-speaking world, presents his characters as rulers, citizens, and statesmen of the most famous regimes, governed by their respective laws and shaped by their respective political and social institutions. The actions, deliberations, mistakes, and successes of his characters reveal the limitations and strengths of their regimes, whether they be Athens, Rome, or England. The contributors to this volume, esteemed scholars of political science, show us that Shakespeare's poetic imagination displays the very essence of politics and inspires valuable reflection on the fundamental questions of statesmanship and political leadership. Perspectives on Shakespeare's Politics explores such themes as classical republicanism and liberty, the rule of law and morality, the nature and limits of statesmanship, and the character of democracy.
Author | : David Armitage |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2009-09-10 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 052176808X |
Download Shakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Leading literary scholars and historians examine Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought.
Author | : Andrew Moore |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2016-08-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1498514081 |
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Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare’s political outlook by comparing some of the playwright’s best-known works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. By situating Shakespeare ‘between’ these two thinkers, the distinctly modern trajectory of the playwright’s work becomes visible. Throughout his career, Shakespeare interrogates the divine right of kings, absolute monarchy, and the metaphor of the body politic. Simultaneously he helps to lay the groundwork for modern politics through his dramatic explorations of consent, liberty, and political violence. We can thus understand Shakespeare’s corpus as a kind of eulogy: a funeral speech dedicated to outmoded and deficient theories of politics. We can also understand him as a revolutionary political thinker who, along with Machiavelli and Hobbes, reimagined the origins and ends of government. All three thinkers understood politics primarily as a response to our mortality. They depict politics as the art of managing and organizing human bodies—caring for their needs, making space for the satisfaction of desires, and protecting them from the threat of violent death. This book features new readings of Shakespeare’s plays that illuminate the playwright’s major political preoccupations and his investment in materialist politics.