This book demonstrates how contemporary theories of subjectivity have their roots in early modern philosophical and literary arguments, particularly in Shakespeares "distracted Globe." Abdulhamit Arvas discusses Shakespeares Hamlet in relation to the modernist idea of the autonomous self and the postmodernist idea of the decentered subjectivities to explore the notion of the self in early modern thought and to suggest how Hamlets preoccupation with philosophical and rhetorical modes of self-display can be seen as anticipating certain postmodern theories. This work offers an interpretation for...
This book demonstrates how contemporary theories of subjectivity have their roots in early modern philosophical and literary arguments, particularly i...
