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Shakespeare's Anti-Politics: Sovereign Power and the Life of the Flesh (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
Daniel Juan Gil
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Description for Shakespeare's Anti-Politics: Sovereign Power and the Life of the Flesh (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
Hardcover. Argues that Shakespeare is anti-political, dissecting the nature of the nation-state and charting a surprising form of resistance to it, using sovereign power against itself to engineer new forms of selfhood and relationality that escape the orbit of the nation-state. It is these new experiences that the book terms 'the life of the flesh'. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Argues that Shakespeare is anti-political, dissecting the nature of the nation-state and charting a surprising form of resistance to it, using sovereign power against itself to engineer new forms of selfhood and relationality that escape the orbit of the nation-state. It is these new experiences that the book terms 'the life of the flesh'.
Argues that Shakespeare is anti-political, dissecting the nature of the nation-state and charting a surprising form of resistance to it, using sovereign power against itself to engineer new forms of selfhood and relationality that escape the orbit of the nation-state. It is these new experiences that the book terms 'the life of the flesh'.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Number of Pages
167
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137275004
SKU
V9781137275004
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Ref
99-15
About Daniel Juan Gil
Daniel Juan Gil is the author of Before Intimacy: Asocial Sexuality in Early Modern England. He has written widely on cultural sociology, sexuality, religion, and the body, and his articles have appeared in prominent journals including ELH, Shakespeare Quarterly, Borrowers and Lenders and Common Knowledge.
Reviews for Shakespeare's Anti-Politics: Sovereign Power and the Life of the Flesh (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
"Gil argues that Shakespeare supports neither monarchical nor civic republican values, as both depend on the sovereign power of the state to control the bodies of subjects. . . Gil's introduction is especially insightful in relating his theory to the present. Summing up: Recommended." CHOICE "The strength of the book lies in the clarity of Gil's basic ... Read more