Shakespeare’s Exiles
Why are human societies hierarchical? How did centralized political authority originate? Anthropologists tell us that foraging societies are egalitarian compared to their agrarian and industrial successors. So what prompted our foraging ancestors to submit to the authority of big men, chiefs, and ki...
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| description | Why are human societies hierarchical? How did centralized political authority originate? Anthropologists tell us that foraging societies are egalitarian compared to their agrarian and industrial successors. So what prompted our foraging ancestors to submit to the authority of big men, chiefs, and kings? And how did the big man once installed in the center maintain his authority in the face of the resentment mobilized against him? Shakespeare’s Exiles addresses these fundamental ethical, political, and anthropological questions by looking at two of Shakespeare’s most eccentric big men. Why does Timon, the once-legendary host of Athens, refuse to return to his beloved city? And why does Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, promise to break his staff and throw his books into the deep blue sea? In this highly original and provocative book, Richard van Oort shows that Shakespeare is not just a dramatist but a philosopher, political scientist, and anthropologist too. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1573682025-07-30T08:59:59Z Shakespeare’s Exiles van Oort, Richard shakespeare,exile,Duke of Milan,anthropology thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSG Literary studies: plays and playwrights thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSG Literary studies: plays and playwrights thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism Why are human societies hierarchical? How did centralized political authority originate? Anthropologists tell us that foraging societies are egalitarian compared to their agrarian and industrial successors. So what prompted our foraging ancestors to submit to the authority of big men, chiefs, and kings? And how did the big man once installed in the center maintain his authority in the face of the resentment mobilized against him? Shakespeare’s Exiles addresses these fundamental ethical, political, and anthropological questions by looking at two of Shakespeare’s most eccentric big men. Why does Timon, the once-legendary host of Athens, refuse to return to his beloved city? And why does Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, promise to break his staff and throw his books into the deep blue sea? In this highly original and provocative book, Richard van Oort shows that Shakespeare is not just a dramatist but a philosopher, political scientist, and anthropologist too. 2025-03-14T11:21:23Z 2025-03-14T11:21:23Z 2025-03-13T10:30:24Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99929 9781003504276 9781032823904 9781032823911 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/157368 eng Routledge Studies in Shakespeare open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003504276 10.4324/9781003504276 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 d664f38e-eea3-4e7d-abe7-34b2a559c70f beec00c2-fe08-4f50-a594-0f6060e651e6 9781003504276 9781032823904 9781032823911 Routledge open access |
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