The Time Is Out of Joint: Shakespeare as Philosopher of HistoryRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 23 de jul. 2002 - 384 pàgines The Time Is Out of Joint handles the Shakespearean oeuvre from a philosophical perspective, finding that Shakespeare's historical dramas reflect on issues and reveal puzzles which were taken up by philosophy proper only in the centuries following them. Shakespeare's extraordinary handling of time and temporality, the difference between truth and fact, that of theory, and that of interpretation and revelatory truth are evaluated in terms of Shakespeare's own conjectural endeavors, and are compared with early modern, modern, and postmodern thought. Heller shows that modernity, which recognized itself in Shakespeare only from the time of Romanticism, found in Shakespeare's work a revelatory character which marked the end of both metaphysical system-building and a tragic reckoning with the inaccessibility of an absolute, timeless truth. Heller distinguishes the four stages found in constantly unique relation in Shakespeare's work (historical, personal, political, and existential) and probes their significance as time comes to fall 'out of joint' and may be again set aright. Rather than initially bestowing upon Shakespeare the dubious honorary title of philosopher, Heller probes the concretely situated reflections of characters who must face a blind and irrational fate either without taking responsibility for the discordance of time, or with a responsibility which may both transform history into politics, and set right the time which is out of joint. In the ruminations and undertakings of these characters, Shakespeare's dramas present a philosophy of history, a political philosophy, and a philosophy of (im)moral personality. Heller weighs each as distinctly modern confrontations with the possibility of truth and virtue within a human historical condition no less multifarious for its momentariness. |
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... death. But if one faces providence, one has no choice. Hamlet says to Horatio:“Not a whit.We defy augury.There's a spe- cial providence in the fall ofa sparrow. If it be now, tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it ...
... death. But if one faces providence, one has no choice. Hamlet says to Horatio:“Not a whit.We defy augury.There's a spe- cial providence in the fall ofa sparrow. If it be now, tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it ...
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... death, left a space open for historical and political vicissitudes. Machiavelli's philosophy is a philosophy of action; Montaigne's philosophy is a philosophy of reflection, of a thoughtful and highly individualized, “subjective ...
... death, left a space open for historical and political vicissitudes. Machiavelli's philosophy is a philosophy of action; Montaigne's philosophy is a philosophy of reflection, of a thoughtful and highly individualized, “subjective ...
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... death sooner or later, and the curses will take effect.The evil individuals face retribution; at least, this is what the spectator perceives. However, many curses in Shakespeare do not take effect. Several predictions never come true ...
... death sooner or later, and the curses will take effect.The evil individuals face retribution; at least, this is what the spectator perceives. However, many curses in Shakespeare do not take effect. Several predictions never come true ...
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... death. In extreme situations a man can raise himself up to a higher level of insight.The strong desire for revenge or jus- tice or the vindication of one's honor and name is translated into the lan- guage ofprophesying, cursing, or ...
... death. In extreme situations a man can raise himself up to a higher level of insight.The strong desire for revenge or jus- tice or the vindication of one's honor and name is translated into the lan- guage ofprophesying, cursing, or ...
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... death. It is natural to use one's power absolutely, yet it is unnatural to misuse it. It is also natural to forgive.“Natural” is thus identical with a hierarchical order where the God-anointed king sits on his uncontested throne, where ...
... death. It is natural to use one's power absolutely, yet it is unnatural to misuse it. It is also natural to forgive.“Natural” is thus identical with a hierarchical order where the God-anointed king sits on his uncontested throne, where ...
Continguts
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Part II The History Plays
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Part III Three Roman Plays
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Postscript Historical Truth and Poetic Truth
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About the Author
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