Soul of Statesmanship (eBook)

Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom

Khalil M. Habib, L. Joseph Hebert Jr. (Herausgeber)

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2018
224 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4327-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The authors of this volume explore the Bard’s dramatization of perennial questions about human nature, moral virtue, and statesmanship. Reading his plays as works of philosophical literature enhances our understanding of political life and provides a source of advice and inspiration for the citizens and statesmen of today and tomorrow.

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Shakespeare's plays explore a staggering range of political topics, from the nature of tyranny, to the practical effects of Christianity on politics and the family, to the meaning and practice of statesmanship. From great statesmen like Burke and Lincoln to the American frontiersman sitting by his rustic fire, those wrestling with the problems of the human soul and its confrontation with a puzzling world of political peril and promise have long considered these plays a source of political wisdom. The chapters in this volume support and illuminate this connection between Shakespearean drama and politics by examining a matter of central concern in both domains: the human soul. By depicting a bewildering variety of characters as they seek happiness and self-knowledge in the context of differing political regimes, family ties, religious duties, friendships, feuds, and poetic inspirations, Shakespeare illuminates the complex interdynamics between self-rule and political governance, educating readers by compelling us to share in the struggles of and relate to the tensions felt by each character in a way that no political treatise or lecture can. The authors of this volume, drawing upon expertise in fields such as political philosophy, American government, and law, explore the Bard's dramatization of perennial questions about human nature, moral virtue, and statesmanship, demonstrating that reading his plays as works of philosophical literature enhances our understanding of political life and provides a source of advice and inspiration for the citizens and statesmen of today and tomorrow.

Autor

Khalil Habib is director of Pell Honors Program and faculty fellow at Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University.L. Joseph Hebert Jr. is director of Pre-Law Studies and professor of Political Science at St. Ambrose University.

Inhalt

1 Othello: Jealousy Becomes TragicTimothy Burns2 Macbeth: The Spiritual Drama of the Tyrannical SoulCarson Holloway3 Wings as Swift as Love: Hamlet and the Virtues (and Vices) of a KingL. Joseph Hebert4 Both False and True: Love, Death, and Poetry in Love’s Labor’s LostDenise Schaeffer and Mary P. Nichols5 Jurisprudence in Shakespeare’s Merchant of VeniceThomas Vincent Svogun6 Christian Ethics and Political Moderation in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure Luigi Bradizza7 The Bastard in King John; or, On the Need for a Unified English NationKhalil M. Habib8 To Make High Majesty Look Like Itself: Shakespeare’s Richard II and the Nature of the Good RegimeJoseph Alulis9 “This Blessed Plot”: Divine Justice and Law from Richard II’s Trial by Combat to Henry V’s Battle of AgincourtDavid Alvis

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Co-Autor: Joseph Alulis, Thomas Vincent Svogun, J. David Alvis, Luigi Bradizza, Timothy Burns, Khalil M. Habib, L Joseph Hebert, Carson Holloway, Mary P. Nichols, Denise Schaeffer
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Christianity • English History • great books • Modernity • philosophical drama • Philosophical literature • Political Philosophy • Political prudence • Shakespeare • Statesmanship • Virtue Ethics
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-4327-8 / 1498543278
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-4327-9 / 9781498543279