Hamlet, Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Politics: Irony, Ideology, Authoritarianism, Hysteria, and the Universal Subject (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798216450207)

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.

Author: Robert Samuels
ISBN-13: 9798216450207
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2026
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d