James Gilligan (New York University), David A.J. Richards

Holding a Mirror up to Nature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is for both lovers of Shakespeare and those who are concerned about the danger that humanity's propensity for violent behaviour poses to the very survival of our species. Through his characters, Shakespeare shows us both what causes violence and how to prevent it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781108970396
• ISBN-10: 1108970397
• Artikelnr.: 62481503

Autorenporträt

James Gilligan, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, NYU, wrote Violence (1996), Preventing Violence (2001), Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others (2011), a Times Literary Supplement 'Book of the Year', and co-authored The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump (2016), a New York Times best-seller. His advice has been sought by President Clinton, Tony Blair, Kofi Annan, the World Health Organization, and the World Court.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: can we learn from Shakespeare about the causes and prevention of violence?
1. Shame and guilt in personality and culture
2. The cycle of violence in history plays
3. Fathers and mothers: the perversion of love in King Lear and Coriolanus
4. Make war, not love: Anthony and Cleopatra
5. The motives and malignity: shame and masculinity in Othello and Macbeth
6. Moral nihilism and the paralysis of action: Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida
7. Apocalyptic vioence: Timon of Athens
8. Transcending morality, preventing violence: Measure for Measure, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and The Merchant of Venice
9. The form and pressure of Shakespeare's time - and ours: what Shakespeare shows us about shame, guilt, love and violence
Acknowledgments.