Fraught Decisions in Plato and Shakespeare

Reading Shakespeare's plays alongside Plato's Republic, this book shows the intersections between literary, philosophical, and political moments in the texts and demonstrates that philosophical interventions are crucial to decision making and managing uncertainty, error and risk.

About the author

Dianne Rothleder teaches in the Interdisciplinary Honors Program at Loyola University Chicago, USA. She is the author of 'The Work of Friendship: Rorty, His Critics, and the Problem of Solidarity' (1994).

Summary

Reading Shakespeare's plays alongside Plato's Republic, this book shows the intersections between literary, philosophical, and political moments in the texts and demonstrates that philosophical interventions are crucial to decision making and managing uncertainty, error and risk.

Product details

• Authors: Dianne Rothleder, Rothleder Dianne
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9781538147078
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4707-8
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Philosophical Projections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Literary studies: plays and playwrights