{"product_id":"9783031401596","title":"Palgrave Shakespeare Studies: Shakespeare’s Political Theologies","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Shakespeare Studies: Shakespeare’s Political Theologies\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eThom, Alexander\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book advances five original readings of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, influenced by Giorgio Agamben, but tempered by primary research into Jacobean literature, law, religion, and philosophy. To grasp \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e’s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eencounter between politics and identity, the play demands a wider understanding of the religious influence on political thought. As Lear himself realises, sovereignty is an extreme, glamorous example of a deeper category: sacred office. \u003ci\u003eLear \u003c\/i\u003ealso shows duty intersecting with a hierarchy of bastards, outlaws, women, waifs, and monks. This book introduces concepts like \u003ci\u003epetit treason\u003c\/i\u003e, civil death, and waivery into political theological studies, complicating Agamben’s models. Goneril’s treason shows the sovereign’s consort and children are consecrated lives too. Lear’s crisis of \"self-knowing\" stages a landmark critique of office. The promise of his poignant speech before the prison is foreclosed by Shakespeare's invention: an officer dutifully murdering Cordelia. This book’s conclusion, through Hannah Arendt, reconsiders \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e’s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epersistent association with the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-11-24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031401596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-40157-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 261\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309485715596,"sku":"9783031401596","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031401596.jpg?v=1776621113","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031401596","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}