Hamlet, Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Politics
Irony, Ideology, Authoritarianism, Hysteria, and the Universal Subject
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.
Table of Contents
2) “The Play's the Thing”: Metafiction, Irony, Centrist Narcissism, and Virtue Signaling
3) Thrift, Thrift: Ideology, Capitalism, and Neoliberal Nihilism
4) “The Commandment All Alone Shall Live”: Conservative Ideology, Authoritarianism, and the Rewriting of History
5) “These Words, like Daggers, enter in Mine Ears”: Hysteria, Symbolic Violence, and the Left
6) Modern Democratic Liberalism after Hamlet: Psychoanalysis and the Universal Subject
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 188 |
| ISBN | 9798216450207 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Series | Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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