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Politics Otherwise
Shakespeare as Social and Political Critique
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 242
- Philosophy, Literature, and Politics, Volume: 242
The book is comprised of essays that utilize Shakespeare as a productive window into topics of contemporary social and political relevance. Its interdisciplinary qualities make the book relevant for students of political studies, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, and history.
âRecommendedâ in: CHOICE - Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol. 50, No. 10, June 2013
Preface
Introduction
The Politics of History / The History of Politics: Shakespeare and Machiavelli
Leonidas Donskis: Machiavelli vs. Shakespeare: Love, Hatred, and the Emergence of the Modern Individual
David Coombes: Politics as Tragedy: Shakespearian Treatment of Machiavellian Themes
Circumscribing the Political
Cory Stockwell: Othello, the Secret of the Political
Bartholomew Ryan: Deception, Nature and Nihilism in Politics: King Lear and Kurosawaâs Ran
Ervin Beck: Platonism and Politics in The Tempest
J. D. Mininger and Jason Michael Peck: Six Currencies of Love: Political and Ethical Economies of Language in Shakespeare
Governance, Law, Public Politics
Tomas Berkmanas: Images of the Crown: Depersonified Governmentalities, a New Multitude, and Primitive Thinking
Tomas Kavaliauskas and RÅ«ta BagdanaviÄiÅ«tÄ: Katyn Does Not Happen Twice
Shakespeare and the Politics of Translation
J. D. Mininger and Justas Patkauskas: An Interview with Tomas Venclova
Contributors
Index
Introduction
The Politics of History / The History of Politics: Shakespeare and Machiavelli
Leonidas Donskis: Machiavelli vs. Shakespeare: Love, Hatred, and the Emergence of the Modern Individual
David Coombes: Politics as Tragedy: Shakespearian Treatment of Machiavellian Themes
Circumscribing the Political
Cory Stockwell: Othello, the Secret of the Political
Bartholomew Ryan: Deception, Nature and Nihilism in Politics: King Lear and Kurosawaâs Ran
Ervin Beck: Platonism and Politics in The Tempest
J. D. Mininger and Jason Michael Peck: Six Currencies of Love: Political and Ethical Economies of Language in Shakespeare
Governance, Law, Public Politics
Tomas Berkmanas: Images of the Crown: Depersonified Governmentalities, a New Multitude, and Primitive Thinking
Tomas Kavaliauskas and RÅ«ta BagdanaviÄiÅ«tÄ: Katyn Does Not Happen Twice
Shakespeare and the Politics of Translation
J. D. Mininger and Justas Patkauskas: An Interview with Tomas Venclova
Contributors
Index