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The Hamlet Doctrine: Knowing Too Much, Doing Nothing
Simon Critchley
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What are we to do in our information-saturated age? Do we know too much to be able to act? Have we all become Hamlet in the tragedy of modern life? In this riveting and thought-provoking re-examination of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, philosopher Simon Critchley and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster show that the story of Hamlet reveals more about the modern world than we might expect. It is more than a drama upon the stage - a play about nothing, no less - but a searing anatomy of the dilemma of human existence in a world that is out of joint. ... Read more
What are we to do in our information-saturated age? Do we know too much to be able to act? Have we all become Hamlet in the tragedy of modern life? In this riveting and thought-provoking re-examination of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, philosopher Simon Critchley and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster show that the story of Hamlet reveals more about the modern world than we might expect. It is more than a drama upon the stage - a play about nothing, no less - but a searing anatomy of the dilemma of human existence in a world that is out of joint. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781682562
SKU
V9781781682562
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About Simon Critchley
SIMON CRITCHLEY is the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include Very Little... Almost Nothing, Infinitely Demanding, The Faith of the Faithless, and The Book of Dead Philosophers. JAMIESON WEBSTER is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is the author of The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis. ... Read more
Reviews for The Hamlet Doctrine: Knowing Too Much, Doing Nothing
Critchley and Webster's fierce, witty exploration of Hamlet makes most other writing about Shakespeare seem simple- minded. Hari Kunzru I absolutely love the book, which I think is brilliant both as a set of readings of the play and as a meditation on contemporary existence ... A thrilling performance. David Shields, author of Reality Hunger