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Hamlet, Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Politics : Irony, Ideology, Authoritarianism, Hysteria, and the Universal Subject
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Hamlet: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, and the Crisis of Modernity
This book offers a bold reinterpretation of Hamlet through five interwoven frames-ironic, ideological, psycho-social, emotional, and scientific-to reveal how Shakespeare's play speaks directly to today's cultural, political, and psychological dilemmas. Drawing on Freud, Lacan, Hegel, and Marx, the author argues that Hamlet is not only a metaphorical autobiography of Shakespeare but also a profound meditation on virtue signaling, neoliberal capitalism, melancholic subjectivity, and the modern quest for certainty. By combining close textual analysis with psychoanalytic and philosophical theory, this work proposes a new model for reading literature-one that uncovers the unconscious logic of ideology and the enduring relevance of Shakespeare's most enigmatic tragedy.This item is Non-Returnable
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- ISBN-13: 9798216450207
- ISBN-10: 9798216450207
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 188
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